Smiling at the woman, who squeezed him affectionately, the teenager shook his head. "I think I have waited long enough." Meeting his other soul's red eyes, he offered one last word of caution, "Immortality is a curse, not a blessing. Only the fear of death can make us rise above anything we ever thought possible. Look how far you've come, Tom. Don't throw that away again by running from something inevitable. It's not as if it hurts. And when your day comes, remember that you'll not be alone. I'll be waiting, as will our mother." Then the pair turned and boarded the train that had stood on the rails all along.