Oh yeah. [she would rap on her chest, or curl her hand to it, but right now it feels strange to do that. she doesn't want to explain why and isn't sure she could. so she just... talks about it a little more respectfully, instead.]

The city I lived in was a pretty normal one for most of my life, you know? But I guess when I was... shit, 25 or 26 it all started to change. It started with a big dome that they put up around the city, and I guess maybe that's just the first time I noticed anything was wrong. I remember thinking it was some weird solar eclipse or something until I found out the truth. And then... I don't know, dude, things just got weirder from there. Soul magic, regaining other people's memories, descending through different layers of reality... body transformation.