First decay

August 1075:

I've seen first decay on my body. I cannot go into the physical details as the mere thought of this haunts me with unreal fear and the feeling which can be described as an agonizing lack of control... What are we that we have no control over our bodies, over our physical appearance? Are we supposed to taste the sweetness of being while at the same time have the knowledge of an inevitable nonbeing?

- From the secret diaries of William J.