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DAY 28
Clad in a filmy, white dress, Anna floated through the heavens and danced among the stars. So many! All burning bright with every colour of the rainbow. Seth was with her. Sometimes he took her hand and they flew together over a forest on a gentle breeze. Sometimes, he didn’t take physical form, but she could feel his love for her. And she knew that everything would be all right.
Now and then, her rational mind broke through, reminding that this was what a Nassai did for a dying host. When life was at its end, when it was time to say good-bye, the symbiont created a paradise in the mind of their human companion, allowing them to feel warm and safe. To ease the transition.
She pushed those thoughts away as a minor nuisance. There was no pain here. No grief. In this world, ever
