Cam pursed their lips at Lilliane's question. It wasn't that they minded talking about it, really, but they did have to kind of reconsider the exact wording they'd used. Dying was a little dramatic, even if it was mostly true. "Well, see, on Earth I was on medication that made my life ... livable." They didn't really want to specify that it was psychiatric medication, that it kept their brain chemistry running smoothly. "But here, that medication doesn't exist. So I went to the Voice for help. Now that I've Ascended, I don't need the medication anymore."
When Lilliane defined Ascended, Cam gave a little shrug. "I mean, I don't think most Ascended think of ourselves as 'higher life forms' or anything. Maybe the Voice does ... " They sounded uncomfortable with the concept. "And there are a lot of advantages to being Ascended, but some disadvantages too. Like, I can see in the dark and I don't have to eat or sleep, but I also can't go out in sunlight."
When Lilliane defined Ascended, Cam gave a little shrug. "I mean, I don't think most Ascended think of ourselves as 'higher life forms' or anything. Maybe the Voice does ... " They sounded uncomfortable with the concept. "And there are a lot of advantages to being Ascended, but some disadvantages too. Like, I can see in the dark and I don't have to eat or sleep, but I also can't go out in sunlight."
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