On promises

The promise of continuity. That thing we’ll do anything to hold on to, that belief, even if it means killing or enslaving others. That drug we crave, so badly, that salve for all our fears, for those night-time jitters, that horror that keeps us awake at four a.m. That we will die, and death will be an ending. For we believe we have always existed, will always exist: to think we are disposable is agony. - Lavie Tidhar's Short Story 'Dragonkin' published by Tor.com