A thunderous sound resounds around the universe. A Titan of our childhood has fallen. Fallen to the longest of friends, the oldest of enemies, to Time.
His witnesses of Life gather to witness his departure.
A piercing creak signals the opening of an ancient door. Opening to admit the fallen to the feast beyond the threshold.
Given the chance, we, those still living, strain to see beyond the doorway, hoping to glimpse others we have lost.
But another thunderous sound resounds around the universe. The ancient door slams shut and vanishes, and we are left in Life, to go on.