Tears.
Was there any better device for understanding human emotions?
The emotion it represented the most was sadness, but we also shed tears when we are happy, dealing with swelling anger, or facing unbearable fear.
The tears that filled Ditrit's eyes were a mix of fear and sadness.
We were called mortals by divine beings because, unlike them, we possessed finite lives.
Knowing that our lives were finite, we couldn't help but fear death.
Ditrit was no exception.
She feared her once-in-a-lifetime experience of death, and her longing for life turned into sadness, manifesting as tears.
Even Ditrit, who claimed to accept her fate calmly, seemed unable to remain composed in the face of death.
I would be the same…
"Ditrit..."
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