I think I got it. White represents 3 years and the black is a single-year decade marker. The first 3 white beads represent 9 years, and Death is moving over a black bead, which is the 10th year (one decade complete).
According to the beads, the kid just turned 10 and will live for 46 years.
Maybe the black ones count as decades, though.
I hope I die an old man in my 40s.
Wait, what do the white ones represent?
Days
Three days to a decade?
Life just ain’t fair.
54, but who’s counting.
I think I got it. White represents 3 years and the black is a single-year decade marker. The first 3 white beads represent 9 years, and Death is moving over a black bead, which is the 10th year (one decade complete).
According to the beads, the kid just turned 10 and will live for 46 years.
Hey that works! I thought death was moving it the other direction, with just 3 more units to go.