-----Original Message----- From: Mia McDavid [mailto:mia_mcdavid at comcast.net] >It would certainly be dreary for a human to have a lover that took ill >and died every few decades; one would then have to find his >reincarnation and wait for it to attain adulthood; a most tedious lapse. This reminds of a story or movie I read or saw. I only remember it vaguely. Maybe someone else would recognize it? The main character made a foolish vow at some point not to die until he had made good for a mistake he made that had resulted in the death of his beloved, and ended up tracking her soul every time she died, and hadn't yet succeeded in rectifying his error. Orson Scott Card, maybe? Rachel