Chapter 8: The End
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Swirling colors, every one of the rainbow, ones she had never seen. Detached, no longer weighed down by mere flesh. Free to sail the galaxies, free to laugh, or cry, or just to exist, at her own choosing, with her own mind. Death was freer than life, more real than anything she had ever known. But it was not hers to experience. Not yet.
Amethyst eyes opened again. Chest rose and fell with the rhythmic pattern of practiced breathing. Heart resumed sending precious blood to her body. She saw the faces of her friends, the people she was willing to sacrifice her life to.
She smiled, and was healed.