[ WP ] Since childhood you 've been told that only death awaits you outside the wall . For years you have been curious . Today is your chance .

You finally managed to get to the other side of the wall. The one things you have wanted to do ever since you were a child and it was definitely different. 
 
 Inside was chrome, metal and seemingly an endless expanse of that. Outide was so much more colorful. It had colors he had only seen in books; green, reds, purple and blues. There were so many more colors that you were actually getting a head ache. 
 
 `` Well, well.'' A voice called from a ways away, `` It's been a while since I've seen someone like you around here before.'' 
 
 You turn to around and see a man standing a ways off, wearing a strange outift. You've never seen anything like it before, It was n't one piece, it seemed to be made of multiple pieces and different materials. Another things that seemed to off to you about the man was his face. Or maybe it was the fact the you could n't see it. He was n't wearing a hood but he did have a pair of sunglasses, that seemed to shade all of his face. 
 
 `` Are you death?'' You ask suddenly. You would like to know now as it would give you some time to run and get back to the inside. 
 
 `` I guess you could call me that.'' The man said as he walked closer to you, `` Do n't worry, I'm not going to take you. Its not your time. In fact I was just reminiscing about the time when I could take you people.'' 
 
 You're confused. What did he mean by that? You deiced to ask. 
 
 `` What? You've never heard of me?'' You shake your head. You never really heard of Death. Well, you've heard of it but it has always been warnings about him. Never anything about him in general. 
 
 `` Geez, I guess that makes sense. You guys have n't let me in in ages. What's it been two centuries now? Three? I wish I kept count.'' He said, more to himself than to you. Again, you are confused. Why does this man talk as though he is Death? Sure you asked him but that does n't mean that he is. He could have been lying? 
 
 `` Anyway, what are you doing out here kid? You know you're breaking the rules.'' The man said as he sat down on a large grey-ish-brown thing. 
 
 You tell him that you wanted to see outside the wall since they keep telling you that its not safe and only Death awaits you. You wanted to see things for yourself. 
 
 `` The were right and wrong.'' The man said, `` I did wait for you guys to come over but it seemed as though none of you were so long ago, so I stopped waiting. Now I just sort walk around.'' 
 
 You walk over to the man and he brushes his hand over a small area and gestures to it. You looked confused. 
 
 `` I'm offering you a seat kid.'' He says. You shake you head and tell him what a seat looks like. 
 
 `` My god, have they gotten rid of everything in your world?'' You look at him confused but he decides to ask, `` Do you know what leaves are?'' 
 
 You respond with the textbook definition of a leaf but around half way through he stops you, `` I did n't ask for a book report I ask you if you know what they are. What they look like? What they feel like?'' 
 
 You shake your head slowly. He was beginning to scare you now. This feeling was n't helped when he through his hands up into the air groan as he said, `` By Zeus, you guys have killed all the intrigue in life have n't you?! And they thought I was bad.'' 
 
 He looked like what the books called'defeated' although you do n't know how you put those together. He sighed and got up. You jumped back a bit but he back away as well, `` Woah, woah. Do n't worry kid, I aint doin' anything. I just figured now that you here you might want to actually see the stuff in the textbooks.'' 
 
 You nodded vehemently, you want to know what all those things look like. What was a flower? What bees are? What things are on the outside. 
 
 `` Alright, Alright. Slow down, would ya? Have n't had to be this fast in ages.'' The man said as he proceeded to walk through the large brown things. 
 
 He did show you everything. Well, he said he could n't be something were to far away to get too but he showed you everything you wanted to see. 
 
 Eventually you arrived back at the wall and you thank him for things he showed you. 
 
 `` Do n't think about it kid. It was fun for me too. Have n't been this alive since there were dead.'' 
 
 You ask him why he wont come in. You're pretty sure that he could fit through the way you got out but he shook his head, `` You guys do n't really want me around. I mean, you guys never wanted me around but you finally found a way to make that happen so I ca n't do anything about it. I'll be here if you ever come back.'' 
 
 And you did come again. You meet with him countless time to see the outside world. He taught you many things and things you did n't even knew you were interested in. One day though, you ask him what he meant the first time you meet him. 
 
 `` I have to show you something then.'' He said. You went to what you now know was a ridge and he sat down. He pointed to creature that seemed to be eating some flowers. He asked, `` Can you guess what that is?'' 
 
 You respond by saying you do n't know. He laughed, `` That's a rabbit. He is eating right now.'' Then he pointed up and said, `` Remember that?'' You look up to see an eagle. You nod and he continues, `` Well, he is hunting right now. And he has just found his food.'' 
 
 You wonder what he means by that when suddenly, the eagle dives. He was so fast, you thought he was still in air. You hear a small squeal and then a strange sickening sound. You see a terrible site in front of you. The Eagle's claws are covered in red, and it seems that the rabbit has stopped moving. You feel sad, disgusted, appalled, angry even but you really did n't know why. 
 
 `` Because that's death.'' Said the man as if reading your thoughts, `` You guys never like it. Sure the guys before your current generation understood that while you hate me, you guys needed me.'' 
 
 You asked why you need death. 
 
 `` Because the eagle had to eat right?'' You nodded, `` Well if he did kill the rabbit he would n't have eaten. He would have to find something else to kill to eat. Something that the previous two generations of your people have never learned was that to live, something must die. You guys did n't like that so you guys kicked me out.'' 
 
 You did n't understand all of it but you kind of understood some. You ask why other's must die like plants and flowers. 
 
 `` To make more, obviously. You think that things just spawn infinitely. Of course not. They die to make more of them. Besides. There is another reason why things die.'' He walked over to a rose and it plucked it. He then handed it to you. 
 
 `` Pretty right?'' You nod. It was very pretty, especially now that the dew had formed a glow around it. He waved his hand over the rose and it began to loose its color. Wilt. The petals were falling off. It had died. 
 
 `` Now how about it?'' 
 
 You say that its not that pretty anymore. You were right of course. It was dead. 
 
 `` Yeah. But did n't it look pretty once?'' You nod, `` Then you have to remember that. Remember that while it was alive, it was beautiful. That another thing death is, make you appreciate things when they live.'' He said. 
 
 You nodded as this was a lot easier to understand. He walked you back to the place you use to sneak in and out of the wall and you say your goodbye. 
 
 `` Do n't come out again kid. I wo n't be here next time.'' 
 
 You ask why he wont but he just smiles as he says, `` Well, you do n't need me anymore. Besides, they gon na plug the wall up soon anyway. So you wont be able to come out and visit like you used to. You had fun though right?'' 
 
 You say that there was no way you could n't and he laughs, `` Well remember that fun.'' 
 
 And you did. Even after your 200th birthday, you remember the fun you had with that man and wondered if the people had made the right choice but keeping him out.
