“Well, death is nothing but another journey,” the man said, staring at the ground below.

“Bah! Another journey.” The old lady reclined back, making the chairlift rock to-and-fro. “There's no journey, not here not after. There's nothing.”

“But Nana, how can you be so sure?”

The old woman pushed herself off the lift and glided beyond the edge of the snowy slope. “ 'Cause Ronny my dear, if you had a little bit of empathy, you'd realize this entire universe is one big joke, and humanity is the punchline.”

 

— Bastian Espada

 

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