Bear in mind that eternity isn't simply a very long time; it's never ending, by definition. Even with all the freedom and imagination in existence, you'd be hard pressed to come up with something so engaging that you'd never tire of it. Eventually, after a few thousand years or whatever, it's inevitable I'm afraid that it would be a (non-)living hell. Non-existence through oblivion is the only guarantee of eternal peace.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
