Written on August 14, 2013
Once upon a time there was a very old man.
He liked to help people. He did it all the time.
But this old man was very lonely, and sometimes brought friends along with him as he traveled all over the place helping people. These friends would help him plenty, but would always have to leave. Sometimes they even died. The old man felt terrible about this, so eventually he started traveling alone. His hearts turned cold, and he no longer helped people. He decided not to intervene at all, because it left too many dead. He wasn't able to keep this trend up for long, however, because he was faced with quite the mystery. Everywhere he went, he encountered a girl. It was the same girl every time, living different lives, being a different person, and yet being exactly the same. One time, when the old man met the girl, he decided to take her with him. They traveled together, and the man started helping people again. And the man discovered who the girl was and why he kept encountering her.
She had died to save him. She had scattered herself throughout the old man's life, just to keep him safe from an enemy he had fought many times.
And then the old man died.
He liked to help people. He did it all the time.
But this old man was very lonely, and sometimes brought friends along with him as he traveled all over the place helping people. These friends would help him plenty, but would always have to leave. Sometimes they even died. The old man felt terrible about this, so eventually he started traveling alone. His hearts turned cold, and he no longer helped people. He decided not to intervene at all, because it left too many dead. He wasn't able to keep this trend up for long, however, because he was faced with quite the mystery. Everywhere he went, he encountered a girl. It was the same girl every time, living different lives, being a different person, and yet being exactly the same. One time, when the old man met the girl, he decided to take her with him. They traveled together, and the man started helping people again. And the man discovered who the girl was and why he kept encountering her.
She had died to save him. She had scattered herself throughout the old man's life, just to keep him safe from an enemy he had fought many times.
And then the old man died.