"I want you to imagine Time, every single encounter in your life, every conversation, every exchange of feelings, every loss of something once loved, every sense of something greater than yourself, and every thought of what may happen if you were no more. Now I want you to compile all of those thoughts and put them in a tiny locked box in your mind...yes...good, now I want you to imagine Time...no, no...Time is not a straight line...well, if I had to put it in a way easy enough to understand, it is like a Fractal, a pattern of shapes, lines, spaces, and colors, but it is all seemingly infinite...yes...good...now place the locked box of thoughts in the Fractal and try to open the box...it's not very easy? It is as I had suspected...well your mind cannot comprehend a Fractal, which is something fairly common, as I don't think I've ever met an individual capable of fully understanding infinity, so I will help, in this particular Fractal you are located in the center, it is both the end and beginning...well it is because infinity has no start or end, it has merely never been there, and has always been there...it is because Infinity is the only certain thing in this plain, there will always be Infinity; before time, before space, before light and dark, and before you...yes, and even before me. Now I want you to place the very first of your thoughts in the center of the Fractal...good...now I will focus on your thought and I will place the rest after the first...that is your path along the Fractal, a path that was made by Time, your Time to be precise, a lightened path that only you are the focus of, that is what Time is...hmm? My line is not on the Fractal, no, my line is not on this Fractal would be more accurate...but that is not relevant, now I want you to focus on the shapes and colors of the Fractal surrounding your line, they are the deciding powers that govern what happens, happened, and is happening...yes every single thing on this Fractal is not just place at random, they are all intentional; every color, shape, pattern, space and line is all made by every single individuals Time...well even I do not know who made the Fractal, and I doubt I will ever find out, as I assume they are beyond the concept of "they"...before we get anymore off topic I want you to take notice of the other lines around your own, the paths that could have been and the paths that end...the ones that end are the end your Time, and the ones that continue are still your own Time, but it is but a thought of what those Time could contain, perhaps this one, your time ends with you drowning in dihydrogen-monoxide, or here where you are encased in a plethora of combusting gasses, or perhaps here, where you seem to be on a cushioned rectangle, alone, on your passage to the end of your Time...why does this one inspire the most fear from you? If I were to be clear with you, this one seems like the most peaceful ways to end your Time...you do seem to have a fear of solitude so I can assume that is the cause for your fear, moving on we see some continuations of your Time, this one shows a version lifting a carbon based organism with another at your side, I sense a certain thought of content on this Time...why do I show you these, I merely wish to show you what the Fractal is, it is an ever infinite expanding pattern that contains Time...although I refer to the Fractal as "infinite" it is not real Infinity...there is no difference between these two's infinity normally, one has simply existed before the concept of existence. However there is something to take note of that you seemed to not have noticed, your line of Time ends, but it starts again later along the Fractal, this is what is called Forever, it is a concept similar to Infinity, however, while infinity has not start or end, Forever is something that has a start, but no end...it means that you are the first line of Time on this Fractal...yes, that is also why you are allowed access to see the Fractal, and although I’ am providing considerable assistance, in due time you will become capable enough to view the fractal without the use of my assistance...while I’ am unfamiliar with this concept you speak of, it is just as surprising that your dominant species was capable of comprehending Forever, but incapable of truly comprehending Infinity, to confirm your thoughts, your repetition of Time is exactly the same as this “reincarnation” you mention, but to begin Time again with the same thoughts as the previous is simply not possible...once Time ends, it ends, there are no ways of continuing Forever with the previous thoughts of an already ended Time...your mind is clouded with thoughts that entail, “what if'' and “shattering impossible”, however, just because you may be able to comprehend a hypothetical thought, it does not make it possible...for example, I can comprehend Infinity, and I can comprehend nothing...no not a dark void, when I proclaim I can comprehend nothing, I truly mean nothing; no color, sound, feeling, or smell. True nothing is something to be feared, as if it were to ever occur then one may be rendered mentally broken, yet I stand before you, not mentally broken but mentally sound, that is because I have nothing that holds me down to the constrictions of mentality, and thus by definition, it is impossible for me to become mentally broken, however, I can comprehend the thought of being mentally broken, do you now see the flaw in your thought process? I hope that will help clear your thoughts as you now must choose a place on the Fractal to start your new line of Time...you must choose a new place to start a new line of Time to continue the Forever you attained by proxy of the creation of your Fractal, as what has been repeated for every occurrence of you returning to this plain...you have arrived here a great amount of times, too many times to put in the concept of numbers...yes I have always been here to meet you when you return, and we have had this exchange of thoughts just as many times as you have arrived in this plain...I do not look forward to your arrival nor do I despise it, I simply exchange thoughts with another entity in a plain of which I currently happen to inhabit, now I would prefer you choose a place on the Fractal to continue your Time as to return to your Forever... you are only capable of choosing an area after your most recent line of Time conclusion...due to the properties of Forever you are only able to start anew, not again...that choice is quite the distance between your last end...it will make no difference to you as you will not remember any of this, and after your line of Time ends you will arrive hear again only to have this exchange once more, for that is your Forever,

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I will be watching, until our next exchange.”