Wo Das Tal Liegt

I have come to learn that one's eternity is not so absolute. It can begin beyond the land of Hades and below the stoop of Paradise, where the memories of loved ones and the faces of enemies disappear. Here, I am a messenger of judgment, both acquittal and doom, I am an apprentice, accused of taking my own life, and I am afraid that three visions of my past may have influenced me. ...For this reason I summoned him. I had no choice. A man's soul rested on my decree...