I can see how that would go 'hey Lyra I brought you a teenager :DDDDD'
Ah. Well. this explained so much then, He nodded, "I work as a palliative nurse. I know what it is." Poor mortal child. He could understand her desires then.
"I can't tell you it doesn't suck. It does. I can also understand how you feel. You feel like now your life is ending, that it has a definitive end, why try?" He tilted his head, "but I still disagree with your outlook."
"All life ends. This is a truth of existence. None of us are for eternity. We just don't know when it will come. I can get up, and someone might decide to shoot me. This is what makes life so fragile." He sighed. "I might sound like a lunatic though. I see a lot of death, but in their last time most people seek to make the last of their journey something to remember them by. You may ignore me, this is your right but rather then try and seek meaning through dodging cars seek it through finding meaning."
"I knew a little girl once, who was nine. She was dying and I visited. Brightest light you'll ever find. She told me that just because her light was fading, there was no reason to not share it with others. You are too a light. Explore life, not deny it."