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It felt like being sucked through a straw.
There was bright light all around me. I was cold and naked. I could feel large hands, giant, holding me. There were voices, muffled and hard to understand, and above them, a baby cried. The sound held the unmistakable cadence of a newborn. As it continued I realised the cry came from me. I screamed at my new life as Time pulled me back to show me more.
I was energy. I felt like flesh, but when I looked at my form, I could see only stars. I was floating in an ocean of stars. The universe stretched out before me. There was no up or down, only space. I could see planets and their moons; galaxies twisted and flowed in their infinite beauty. I was nothing and everything. Real and imagined. Flesh and light. Simultaneous. The place
