Time’s a funny thing to understand. Passing the time, finding time, losing time. Time that flies. You can’t cheat time and you can’t beat time. You can’t touch it, taste it, see it, smell it. Time stops for nobody. And I mean nobody.
When does an empire die? Does it collapse in one terrible moment? No. No, but there comes a time when its people no longer believe in it. Then does an empire begin to die.
