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This is my entry for round 2 of @Codingmistress's writing competition. We had to choose between some different themes, and I chose 'Value of life versus immortality or time.' Alder wants Kaze to join him in trying to eliminate magic from the world. He views it as nothing more than a dangerous thing - a kind of loaded gun. After all, he couldn't control his magic and he killed his parents. But Kaze is reluctant. He does not want to become immortal. Alder is persuasive and persistent, but however powerful he is, he cannot take away someone's free will.