Kathryn was struggling. ‘When you speak of eternity, of the extraordinary … Are you saying you have lived before? That you have had other lives? That you have been reincarnated?’
‘No. I am saying that I live; that I have lived and that I continue to live. Simply live. Not a series of lives, just a different life, a life of continuity.’
Kathryn sighed heavily as the thoughtful lull into which she had fallen was replaced by the more familiar irritation that this woman induced in her. ‘Okay. So are you suggesting that you’re immortal? Or is it that you time travel?’
‘Of course not,’ replied Sophia. ‘I am as mortal as all humans. As for time travel—all I can say is that I understand there is a commonality to people’s joy and suffering that transcends time and place and that I have seen much
