inevitable

"My kitten was run over. It was only little. The man who died told me about it, although he wasn't driving. He said they didn't see it."

"I'm sorry. That's the trouble with living things. Don't last very long. Kittens one day, old cats the next. And then, just memories. And even then, the memories fade and blend and smudge together."

— Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane