Silas was there with me as I sold my properties around the world. He was there as I bought and moved into what was going to be my home on the outskirts of Chicago, where I’d started my life as a human the first time. It seemed appropriate I start there again.
He was there when I went through the transformation.
I was one of six that walked into the room. Of those six, only two went through with it. And I was one of them.
Having others watch was disconcerting, but I didn’t care much once I’d been transformed.
It was the most physically painful thing I’d ever experienced. I’d been burned before, as a kid, and I still remembered the feeling. And it was exactly like that, only inside my body. There was no getting out of it. My very nerves were on fire. And it felt like it lasted forever.
