Elara followed the guide religiously. She befriended a dust mote named Gerald. She learned the 4,000 ways to tie a shoelace that no one wore anymore. She visited the server backrooms and left a haiku about a sad toaster.
In the 23rd century, the problem with immortality wasn't the dying part—it was the waiting . immortality idle guide
Her heart thumped. Every instinct screamed to watch, anticipate, seize . Elara followed the guide religiously