Now he spoke them gently and with joy, and as did so he felt his immortality fall from him like an armour, or like a shroud. (Peter S. Beagle)

Now he spoke them gently and with joy, and as did so he felt his immortality fall from him like an armour, or like a shroud.

Peter S. Beagle

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