Introduction: Clark wants to die. His patron, a being he still doesn't know the name of, won't let him.It's his fault really. Once upon a time, a suicidal man made a desperate plea to the open sky for something or someone to put his remaining life to a better use than he would. Something accepted. Now bound to a Patron that forces him to heal others at the cost of his Vitality, Clark just wants to die even faster, too bad his Patron seemingly plans to squeeze every ounce of use out of him....