Hi everyone,

I need the help of a knowledgeable Gaiman fan. I remember that in one episode of Sandman or the 'Death' spinoff, there is a scene where a very old (5000 years?) man is killed by accident when a load of bricks falls on him. At first he is angry because he was 'so careful', but then reflects that he got a pretty good lifespan. Death comments that he got what everyone else gets, 'a life'. I really want to use this scene for an academic paper I am writing.

Unfortunately, my copies were destroyed in a flood about a year ago, and the library's collection is incomplete, so if someone knows which book this is in, that would save me a heap of time. Any ideas?

its in the trade brief lives, he's one of the people that delerium knew that was one of distructions friends.

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Originally posted by Smaug:
its in the trade brief lives, he's one of the people that delerium knew that was one of distructions friends.

You get what everybody gets, you got a life time.

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Originally posted by Bennett:
Unfortunately, my copies were destroyed in a flood about a year ago, and the library's collection is incomplete, so if someone knows which book this is in, that would save me a heap of time. Any ideas?

Brief Lives, fairly early on in the book. He was one of Destruction's friends and his name was Bernie Capax.

Thanks everyone, you saved my life. Well, some of it.