This is a wonderful example of a win-win situation. If The End is indeed near, then we have nothing to worry about. It’s either your well-deserved eternal reward or simple nothingness (those who hold to eternal retribution as a possibility should bear in mind that those who would be facing that probably don’t follow that philosophy anyway, so will not fear The End). If, on the other side and The End isn’t near, then things will just continue the way they are, and Liō will go on his merry way cavorting with squids and various monsters with an occasional side-trip to the Land of Making Dad Crazy (and where’s the down-side to that?)
This is a wonderful example of a win-win situation. If The End is indeed near, then we have nothing to worry about. It’s either your well-deserved eternal reward or simple nothingness (those who hold to eternal retribution as a possibility should bear in mind that those who would be facing that probably don’t follow that philosophy anyway, so will not fear The End). If, on the other side and The End isn’t near, then things will just continue the way they are, and Liō will go on his merry way cavorting with squids and various monsters with an occasional side-trip to the Land of Making Dad Crazy (and where’s the down-side to that?)