Elara laughed—a real, idle, unbothered laugh.
She had time.
He looked up, grinned, and held up his datapad. immortality idle guide
Learn one useless thing per decade. Year 1-10: The mating habits of lichen. Year 11-20: Every footnote in an encyclopaedia of extinct door hinges. Year 21-30: How to juggle imaginary balls. It passes the time. Elara laughed—a real, idle, unbothered laugh
Elara devoured it.
When she opened them again, the pod was gone. The ceiling was gone. The nanites had finished their work. Elara laughed—a real
Year 482 came like a whisper.