He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

>It makes no difference what men think of war, said the judge. War endures. As well ask men what they think of stone. War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade waiting its ultimate practitioner. That is the way it was and will be. That way and not some other way

Le Chud Meridian

I read Heart of Darkness yesterday and I find it interesting how the Judge is basically Kurtz but even more superhuman. Kurtz was hyped up as a god amongst men but by the time Marlow actually meets him, he's on his deathbed. In contrast, the Judge comes out of nowhere and seems unstoppable. I wonder if the Judge insists on his immortality so much because he is deeply terrified of aging. He has far more to lose to senility than most.

He was the dancing Queen! Only seventeen!

I really should finish reading that book sometime

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