text: Infinite. That word means more to you than you could have ever possibly known. How long has it been? Can you even remember? Years? Millennia? Eons? Does it even matter anymore? Time has long since lost meaning, hasn’t it? I thought so... Floating out in the abyss for as long as you have... It isn’t very conducive to retaining a stable sense of something so - Pointless. The same could be said for your mind, I’d gather. How long ago did it break? Ah, there I go bringing up time again. Sorry. I know it’s been difficult. To have everyone you’ve ever loved... Everything you’ve ever known... Taken from you. And leave you left with nothing but time. Enough time to forget. Though I know you didn’t want to. Of course not. That’s what you held on to so tightly for so long out here. Those memories. They were the only things that kept you sane. Well- As sane as you could possibly remain. I guess it did end the way it was predicted, huh? War. Violence. Is it just human nature? To destroy? To me, the truth seems evident. You saw the consequences. It’s gone now. Everything is... Gone. Except you. Just. You. Do you regret it? You don’t need to answer. I know. It’s a curse, isn’t it? Yes. Yes, it is. I wish I could be sorry for you. But, such is the nature of all things. To end. All it takes - Is time. As we speak, the last remaining stars in the universe are dying. Have you noticed? I’m sure you have. Those tiny lights in the endless void. Your last remaining solace. Burning out. Maybe consumed by black holes. Soon everything will be gone. And only they will remain. And you. The universe is a tomb. Wouldn’t you agree? You are floating amongst the dimly burning embers of a dead cosmos. Soon to be ashes. What will you do then? What can you do? Ask yourself that. You already know the answer. Nothing. How does it feel? Is that something you’re even capable of anymore? Not that it matters... Only a few stars left now. It won’t be long. Do you want me to stay with you? When it ends? I’ll take your silence as a yes. This is a rare opportunity. And you will be the only one to witness it. The heat death of the universe. I always hoped it’d go out with a bang... Not a... whimper. And then, there was one. Are you ready? Can you ever be? I guess we have no choice but to find out. Sooner, rather than later. It’s fading. This... This is it, huh? Si c'est le destin, laisse-le se réaliser. There it goes. It’s... over. I will truly miss it. Dearly. I know you will too. Y’know... Maybe missing so deeply is the price we pay for loving so much. Still floating out here? It’s been a long time in the dark, hasn’t it? Millions of years, believe it or not. Have you noticed the pull yet? No? Calm your mind and sense it. It’s been pulling you for a while now. Stop looking around. You’ll never be able to see it. They’re called black holes for a reason, y’know. Don’t panic. Rejoice. This could be your out! Isn’t that what you wanted? I’m tired, friend. Just surrender to the pull. How do I know that this will finally be the thing that ends it? Well... I don’t. I am just hopeful. And I cannot rest until my work is done. Immortality... You didn’t think that one through, did you? I know you didn’t. Nobody in your position would. At least I’m here with you now. For the ending to your story. Hopeful ending, yes, I know. Did you feel that? You just crossed the final border, my friend. The event horizon. A one way ticket. Down you go... Spacetime is incredibly warped down here. Do you feel the squeeze? The singularity approaches. And so, it begins. The beginning of your end. I will stay with you. I promise. As you stretch. And stretch. And stretch. And stretch. Compressed now, my friend. Into that one single point. Infinitely massive. Infinitely dense. Infinitely small. I... I can’t feel you anymore. Did it work? It- It must have. I can finally rest. And let the universe slumber. Goodbye, my friend. Rest well.