“Tell me, Your Majesty,” she said as she sat on the bed beside him. “What is it that made you feel empty all these years even though have been getting everything you wanted?”
Eldric is lying on his bed and covered himself with a blanket. “Empty?” he scoffed. “You are mistaken. I am full of enjoyment for thousands of years.”
“So, it is true.”
“What is?”
“That you have lived for thousands of years.”
“Do you doubt it?”
“No, I am astonished, Your Majesty. I wonder what would it be like to be you. I have only been here in this world for 18 years so I might have only a slight idea about life. As you have lived for thousands of years, can you tell me what is the most valuable thing there is, Your Majesty?”
He fell into deep thought and just lied down and watched the canopy that covered ove
