章 869: A Burning Memory, Part 2

"Immortality." 

What a word. What a concept. Even through a muffled mouthful of chewed chicken, Ria wasn't able to undermine the gravitas the word permeated through each one of its illustrious syllables.

"To those afflicted with a terminal case of chronic, debilitating lifespan-itis… it is quite possibly the end-all-be-all of all wishful thinking. I'm pretty sure there's not one single being across the cosmos who hasn't gazed above their heads before and pondered to themselves… just 'what if', right?

And as if a victim to the thought herself, Ria pretended to ponder away briefly into the nothingness of Irene's ceiling.