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I'd Seen Sage Bleed. I'd Made Sage Bleed. Not That It Hurt Him Any; He Healed So Quickly...in Smaller Doses It Has Incredible Healing Powers. Ben's Voice Rang Out In My Head. I Remembered He Said That Earlier, About...the Elixir Of Life.the Crackpot, Completely Bogus, Absolutely Insane Elixir Of Life.did It Actually Exist? Had Sage Had Some? Enough To Keep Him Alive, Young, And Speed-healing For The Last Five Hundred Years?and If So, Had He Used That Time To Find One Woman, Again And Again In Different Incarnations, To Love Her...or Destroy Her?

It Was Moving, But So Absurd That I Nearly Laughed Out Loud. I Imagined A New Line Of Hallmark Cards: "thank You For Not Killing My Boyfriend, Even If It Risks Killing You.

I Went Far And Now I See That The Only One I Needed Was Me.

When The Darkness Rolls In, I'll Be There Through Thick And Thin.

Like Going To My Favorite Restaurant, It Can Sometimes Get Hard. I Just Can't Go To The Mall.