"According to the understanding I've accumulated, the gnomes were an immortal race until some of our especiall

"According to the understanding I've accumulated, the gnomes were an immortal race until some of our especially insightful ancestors came up with a brilliant idea. They decided it would be fun to learn how it feels to be mortal. I would like very much to meet those gnomes. I wouldn't even kick them, I'd just look in their eyes without a single word. Too bad they're all long dead by now."