Cain laughed back, knowing how it sounded but shook his head. "They're right, you know, humans in the past few centuries were killing the earth with their advancements. I wouldn't care except if they one day wiped themselves out..." He would be alone. Cain grew silent and reached to hold Elijah a little closer.
"I'm not that old," he continued again with a soft laugh as he admired the stars up above them. Without any light for miles around except their little campfire, it was possible to see all the stars out now. He didn't recognize any of the constellations either, further proving they were in another world.
"Both those things happened millions of years ago, at least, according to scientists. I've never seen any dinosaurs, never even heard of them on all my centuries until they first discovered their fossils in the recent years... For all I know, those could be planted by God when he made the Earth. I really don't know. But if they're real, then at least... They tell me I haven't lived for millions of years." That would have been more painful than he could express. Cain doubted he could remain sane after that. He didn't know how he was still sane up until now, or maybe insanity had a physical component that his healing prevented.
"Time really blurred all together," he murmured, his soft free carrying loudly in the quiet darkness. "I don't know how old I am... Scholars debated that the Bible went back to 6000 years... But I know I am older than that."
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Date: 2021-02-21 04:30 am (UTC)"I'm not that old," he continued again with a soft laugh as he admired the stars up above them. Without any light for miles around except their little campfire, it was possible to see all the stars out now. He didn't recognize any of the constellations either, further proving they were in another world.
"Both those things happened millions of years ago, at least, according to scientists. I've never seen any dinosaurs, never even heard of them on all my centuries until they first discovered their fossils in the recent years... For all I know, those could be planted by God when he made the Earth. I really don't know. But if they're real, then at least... They tell me I haven't lived for millions of years." That would have been more painful than he could express. Cain doubted he could remain sane after that. He didn't know how he was still sane up until now, or maybe insanity had a physical component that his healing prevented.
"Time really blurred all together," he murmured, his soft free carrying loudly in the quiet darkness. "I don't know how old I am... Scholars debated that the Bible went back to 6000 years... But I know I am older than that."