The Immortal

From Introduction to the Skin:
You’re familiar enough with infinity to know that you haven’t seen it all. No, not by a long shot. You will though, given time. You’ll see more empires crumble and more generations vanish while you stay put, forever static. You keep yourself at arm’s length and watch the mayflies flicker by. You do love seeing them live out their lives, and every now and then you get lonely enough to intervene. They live with such a beautiful, naïve desperation, like every moment matters. You wish it were infectious, but you still have your doubts. If everything is so fleeting, does any of it matter? You have all the time in the world to find out…