And so begins the war of love and assisted suicide. A tale for the ages!
Immortality is something humans simply can't deal with. In this story vampires are too human to do it either. We get too attached, are always in need of the familiar. To live with immortality means to abandon all close connections and become a hermit in the masses.
Humans are not made to take too much loss. And when you learn to take loss in stride, you lose yourself. After all meaning comes from caring about things, so once you stop caring, you stop living. You only function.
One aspect that always disturbs me about immortality too is that brains can only save so much information. Which means eventually you are bound to forget. That could be a blessing to some, but the idea of losing all your past over and over is so... depressing. You forget people you cared about, great events that shaped you... and eventually you aren't the same person you started out as. Not a single shred will be left.
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