Fourth Epoch, Year ???
"When was it, I wonder?
When did the smiles of people around me become burdensome? When did I start to prefer the deceased over the living allies?
People die. That's inevitable.
The departed are denizens of the past; hence, we mustn't become fixated on them.
I know that very well. I have witnessed the repercussions of fixating on the deceased. I know what it does to the body and soul.
Even then…
Even then, I stand here, bearing the name of a deceased individual, in this graveyard called the 'battlefield.'