“We are not really living until we come to terms with our mortality.”

The 50th Law, Chapter 10, The Sublime

In today's world, death is often sanitised, concealed, or treated as an abstract concept rather than an inevitable reality.

Modern life has created a buffer between us and the presence of death.

In hospitals, the dying and the deceased are kept out of sight.

Medical advancements have allowed us to avoid the widespread devastation once caused by plagues and epidemics.

And for many, the horrors of war exist only in the history books or as distant stories.