[Entry for the February Magazine contest] [Uses the þ symbol for /th/ sounds] A young girl tries to resurrect her sister. A man tries to unlock the secrets of immortality. They endeavor to create an elixir that can confer life immortal and retroactive, so that her sister can be revived and so that the man can become immortal. But they will soon learn that such powers are beyond their grasp and learn they will in the worse possible way.