Damien never dreamed of the afterlife.
The concept of eternal life was never appealing to him, but doing so after death, giving himself a false sense of security, wasn't his desire.
If he could do something impossible, he would want regression, so he could try again and avoid the mistakes that killed him.
But since that was nothing more than fantasy, he only wanted one thing.
He wanted his ego erased, so his soul could enter the reincarnation cycle and live again in a new form.
He had no greed for life beyond life, and no desire to hold onto life by sacrificing anything and everything.
The life he lived was the only thing that truly belonged to him.
The memories engraved in his soul, the experiences and relationships that forged him into the person he was, he wanted to selfishly keep all those things for himself and take them with him when he disappeared into the void.
He wasn't asking for too much.
