The castle stood in the gloom like a giant stone monolith, indominable to time and change, but the princess, in her bare feet, was just miffed enough to burn it all down.
Good dietary regimen? Daily exercise? Clean air? Goop? Nope, turned out the key to everlasting life was the deal Phil made, selling his soul in order to live just long enough to complete his first novel.
"Thank you, Mr Jones. We have all the necessary information to authorise the approval of your insurance policy. We have only the formality of collecting your soul to finalise this transaction...."