Blessed with Immortality
Henry N. Silva
HUSBAND: Good morning, honey.
WIFE: Morning, dear. How did you sleep?
HUSBAND: Okay, I guess.
WIFE: Just okay? Why’s that?
HUSBAND: Well, I had a weird dream.
WIFE: What about?
HUSBAND: I was small, in a grassy area, playing with some creature. It reminded me of an extinct species from Earth that I remember learning about. I think it’s called a… Dog?
WIFE: Oh… I have dreams like that too, every now and then… I think my parents had one of those dog things… I still can’t remember my parents names. Can you?
HUSBAND: Nope. It’s a shame how all those records have been lost to time…
WIFE: So do you think you were actually born on Earth?
HUSBAND: Dunno. The earliest I remember still is living in Alpha-Centauri, about a million years ago, when I was already an adult… That’s where we had our first offspring, right?
WIFE: Oh, I don’t remember… How many offspring have we had now, anyways?
HUSBAND: I stopped counting about a hundred thousand years ago… When did we enter the age-freezing program, again? It was like in the year 4000, right?
WIFE: I thought it was more like 3000.
HUSBAND: Oh, maybe… I wish I remembered these things better.
WIFE: Yeah… Me too…
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