I dream of Polar night

Children had their own way of reasoning and sometimes their conclusions were brief and simple - they managed to say a complicated idea in few words of wisdom. Charon had got the point - unbeknownst to him - it was that our existence depended not only on us, but on other people too. If they forgot about you, you stopped to be. A very lonely soul in the world was still there, but invisible to everyone else.

"He can't help it - he is very old and doesn't get any younger. He forgets things," she told him, hoping that this would be easier for him to understand. "This happens to old people and they need to be reminded themselves from time to time - about who they are and what they can do," she said.