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Light from Uncommon Stars

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“Lazarus,” he says, his face fierce, “nothing actually goes. It transforms, but transmutation isn’t actually lost or gone at all. You were you before you had a body, and you will still be you when you no longer have one. A caterpillar might become a butterfly—and a human might become a spirit—but it is still the same essence. It has simply been transformed.”

“I found my own value system different there! I felt like a new person, one that was more focused on living her own life and mission. Unseen wings were already mature and ready to flap while freedom somehow became my best friend.”