The side effect of Reincarnation

"Reincarnation is a mysterious and wonderful thing, isn´t it?"
The old professor took a sip from his tea. Looking at his colleague in the opposite seat.
"Just imagine the possibilities!"
He spread his arms wide to indicate all the possibilities.
"I am."
His colleague answered sourly.
"Let us assume that there is the thing called reincarnation. Then it must be a blessing for us not to remember our past lives."
"Why do you say that? Just imagine If I had all the knowledge of my previous life or lives wouldn´t I be almost all-knowing?"
The man smiled imagining having all the knowledge he couldn´t acquire in his lifetime.
The other man just shook his head
"You, my friend are far too greedy. Just imagining what would happen to a person remembering his past lives fills me with dread and pity. We are lucky not to remember anything if reincarnation is real.
Thank God, that this does not happen."


Hello there! Writer here.
That one above is actually not part of the story, but when I thought about what the story is about that just pooped into my head. It is what this story is going for.
Please give me a notice if that´s not how I was supposed to do it.