The matriarch nodded and stood even as he prepared to depart.  She took both his hands in his and gazed into his eyes with a penetrating stare,<strong> “A noble goal and one that many seek.  Even among my kind where our lives stretch for centuries, some fear the approach of death as centuries inch towards a millenia.  I caution you to avoid the darker aspects of immortality, as you seem to already fear it’s embrace, for that is not an endless life.  It is said there are goodly ways, but I am not the one to speak on such matters.  In fact I admit that I am glad my knowledge of such things is next to nothing.  I have been alive a very long time and I can tell you this much Nirael…”</strong><br/><br/>She leaned forwards and kissed him on the lips.  It was soft and almost the kiss of an old lover, not the heated passion of a new one.  She broke the kiss after several long seconds and said,<strong>“Life, no matter how long you live it, must have goodly meaning, must have a purpose.  Pursuit of something you believe in, have faith in, something to sustain you.  Otherwise you have no life at all.  Keep that in mind.”</strong><br/><br/>She broke from him then and stepped back nodding her head and saying no more.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Sorry for such a short post, I had more written, but I felt like I should give you a chance to react to her, and / or leave if you wanted.  </div></div>