Jubilost fixes his glasses nervously. It's the only chink in his nonchalant facade. "If this 'gift' cannot hel

Jubilost fixes his glasses nervously. It's the only chink in his nonchalant facade. "If this 'gift' cannot help the whole gnome race, then I have no need of it. Of course, I'm not immune to vanity... but I've always been ready to share the burden of mortality with the others who bear it on their shoulders. I'll even keep wearing these stupid glasses! I'll survive without the immortality of the First World, and face the Bleaching when it comes – as all gnomes have done before me."