As I said-- he's experiencing life the way the mushi would... [a pause and he looks down]. They say, that though every living thing has a different lifespan-- the number of heartbeats we are allotted are the same. In other words, even living life for a single day feels like a complete lifetime.
Many of the people I cured on that island voluntarily returned to that state afterward. [a slow inhale and exhale of smoke, curling through his fingers] They found the long stretch of a human lifetime too uncertain in comparison.
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[and he gives Raine a careful look.]
As I said-- he's experiencing life the way the mushi would... [a pause and he looks down]. They say, that though every living thing has a different lifespan-- the number of heartbeats we are allotted are the same. In other words, even living life for a single day feels like a complete lifetime.
Many of the people I cured on that island voluntarily returned to that state afterward. [a slow inhale and exhale of smoke, curling through his fingers] They found the long stretch of a human lifetime too uncertain in comparison.