>humans live for no time
>you were a youngling then, all those endless days ago
>you were born in the mortal plane
> your father was a full-blood demon and your mother was a human
>she was taken away when you were young
>but you were able to escape, your claws could easily cut through the mortals armor
>You could sense their life force, making them easy to pick off
>when you got out, you fled
>you wandered the forests, coming upon people
>you grew to like people
>they wern't like those mean men in suits who hurt you
>you explored the cities at night
>and came upon a mortal with a notably darkened life force
>you could tell it would not be long before his will to live dies
>in those first weeks, burned into your memory like a hot iron
>he was scared at first, that dark aura being replaced by fear at your lizard-like form
>but soon he learned you merely wanted to be friends
>you could understand any language, but he sadly could not understand the hisses and clicks you made
>you became his best friend
>at his work place you helped him learn to work more efficiently
>you helped him carry home his devices and food
>you enjoyed many a meal in the soft light of a non magic lightbulb
>as he grew up you didn't change
>you didn't know why
>soon enough he got a female in his life
>but he always made time for you
>when he had kin with her and she left only a few years later, he was decimated
>he cried into your chest for hours, regularly falling asleep in your arms
>you did not know why mortals cried
>you just knew you game him comfort, and that made you feel good
>even more years past, his hair gaining a couple streaks of gray
>you saw humans of all kinds of different colors and with all different kinds of "hair" so you merely marveled at you best friends capability to change color as well
>in the years since his mates absence, he has grown to view you as such a mate
>you learned many things about yourself and your body
>but as time continued and you stayed the same, he kept changing
>his skin grew looser
>his body was not as fast or as strong
>his beautiful mind was dulled
>it only grew worse as well
>you thought he was just sick, as he has been many times before
>you thought he would get better
>but he got worse
>his hair was silver by now, your enjoyment of it's color now gone
>he moved like he was in pain with every step,every breath
>more time went and he was gone
>no life left
>you watched that night as it flickered like fire in the wind, and went out
>You cried for the first time that night
>hard and sloppy, you shook him endlessly, tried every way you knew to bring him back
>they found him a couple days later, and he was put into the ground, from whence he came
>you cried for him for years, centuries, eons
>your hatred of yourself for being unable to save him, your yearning to keep something, any part of him alive you could
>you relived every second of your time with him
>all the years and such a gentle loving creature was taken from this world, given a curse unbreakable
>and then you knew why
>you knew why mortals cried
>because humans live for no time

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