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I can imagine how it would feel to ride the elevator and step across the threshold of the ship from the gangway. Fear and excitement rolled into intense joy. And the courage! Would I have the courage to take that step? To cross that threshold? I hope so. It is an experience I have lived many times in my dreams, both waking and sleeping...I can’t look back, believing that Eurydice will still be there when we break the sphere, she will be there, no need to look back....Spinning uncontrollably away from the blue...I could then crane my neck to stare back at Her. Knowing I had crossed out of the shadow into the light, fully stepping into the beautiful void. Eurydice is safe and waiting for me.
...feel the beautiful release of earthly bonds. It’s our only chance to feel that release without passing forever out of reach of life. If that means that life is taken in that moment, so be it. For me it is not only the hope of discoveries and advancement and exploration, it is an experience to be coveted to be gripped tightly and embraced...
Where would I be right now if my brain worked in overdrive or my piloting skills were ace level? I would be trying to get into their world. The world of possibilities. The world of living in the future. The world of heroes, unsung and worshipped. Few have the desire to be in that world and fewer have the talent. As I said, I feel envy. I feel joy. I feel gratitude. I feel sorrow. I feel lucky to be even a nameless witness.

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