More time passed, but it meant nothing in the endless stretch of days that had become my existence. There was no end to it, and there never would be. As a goddess, I"d live forever no matter the state of my powers. It was a boon and a curse all at the same time, and something I was coming to loathe despite that.
I wrapped my shawl closer around me against the chill coming from the river. It was always cold down here, in complete contrast to the heat of the desert sun if I bothered to go to the surface. One of the many reasons I didn"t go there. Though I wasn"t going to deny that the fact no one wanted me there was a bigger reason not to go. I"d been alive long enough that I didn"t want to force people to be around me, it never ended well.
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