THERE IS DYING THAT OCCURS RELATIVELY SUDDENLY. THERE IS DYING THAT OCCURS RELATIVELY GRADUALLY. THERE IS DYING THAT OCCURS RELATIVELY PAINLESSLY. THERE IS THE DEATH THAT IS FULL OF PAIN. THUS BY VARIOUS MEANS THEY ARE COMBINED... THE SUDDEN AND THE GRADUAL, THE PAINLESS AND THE PAINFUL - TO YIELD BUT FOUR WAYS TO DIE. AND THERE ARE NO OTHERS. EVEN AFTER THE VOICE STOPPED SPEAKING, I LISTENED FOR IT TO SPEAK AGAIN. AFTER HOURS, AND DAYS, AND YEARS HAS PASSED, I LISTENED FOR SOME FURTHER WORDS - YET ALL I HEARD WERE THE FAINTEST ECHOES, REMINDING ME - "THERE ARE NO OTHERS." THERE ARE NO OTHERS. WAS IT THEN THAT I BEGAN TO CONCEIVE FOR THIS WORLD A SPECIAL PLAN?