Helen laughed and shook her head. "Your mother is a wise woman, Sam. That's usually the appropriate response for anyone, normal aging or not. Still, it doesn't bother me. I gave up a long time ago on getting to have a natural span of years and now that I'm able to live out my life again like a normal person, I sort of like it."

She paused a bit, trying to decide how to phrase the rest. "When one is immortal, one finds themselves missing the ravages of age. Normal things come to be of more import than before."