“What is it that you keep coming back for? Or do you have no control over this ‘rebirth cycle’ you're on?” He leans forward in his chair, the hand on my thigh tightening a little more as it answers me slowly. “We return for the Eternal. We return because it calls out to us. The thought of a lonely existence for my Bonded is unthinkable. While the Eternal returns, so shall we.”

