But the ways of Magic have always been too convoluted to be realised, and Time is yet to find a circumstance she is satisfied with and Death... well, if Death had his way, no one would ever die again. But despite how Death wishes death worked, the way death works is out of Death’s jurisdiction. The best he can do is flatter and simper and beg Time to help him mess up this or that edge of the story and hope Magic won’t be too angry at them.