“Jaden felt their boredom, their tired eternity. Beyond that, she felt their dying essence. They were immortal – all-powerful beings – and yet they were powerless against the onslaught of ever-changing time. They were lost in a modern world, one they didn’t have the energy to understand. And, in being lost, they were immobilized against it. Not even their judgments could assuage their exhausted wisdom of forever.”
