where the spirit meets the bones

"Because they don't die, Auggie."

"What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said. They don't die, they stay stuck at the age they were when their soulmate died, and their ring falls off. It reappears when their soulmate is reborn, and then they try again, chances after chances till the two halves finally meet."

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The life of Augustus, told from era to era as his soul searches for its other half - a half with extremely lacking self preservation skills.

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