"Indeed, it is a kind of closed loop, including my previous experiences..."
Shard nodded and looked across the table at the silent robed deity:
"Before you declare the bet officially over, may I ask some questions?"
He tried to make his tone more reverential, but the deity still did not speak, so Shard could only attempt to ask directly:
"About Impermanence..."
"They come from the beginning, that very first beginning, the origin of all, and they will move towards the culmination of everything."
The black-robed deity at the table seemed only to say "yes," while this phrase came from the corpses of varying states of decay along the wall.
"The beginning?"
Shard looked over the bodies on the wall, while Mr. Riddle curiously asked:
"What beginning?"
"Can't you hear? Oh, well then."
Since the deity did not wish for Mr. Riddle to hear, he offered no explanation.
"Man of the Future, have you ever thought about it?"
