1. Methuselah will laugh at this question and shake his head. "What a question. In what way? I suppose it could be up for debate. Am I cursed with old age? Cursed with the existence and knowledge that so many I have known all my life are now gone? Cursed with a life now that sees so many poor souls dragged into this world without their say-so, to be caught amongst something that they should never be? Cursed that I may live to see this dying world and be powerless to do anything against it? Cursed indeed."

2. "Who can say, truly? Is this an extinction or epoch? A question for philosophers and great minds — both I am not. All the signs point to great change. The Darkwalker is awake and hunting, but apparently strangled and confined. I am but a witness, whatever it is that comes in due course."

3. "I cannot know for certain. I suspect that whatever plucked you from your homes has the kindness and decency to put you back. Or, I can only hope, that is."