“She was the same person, but she also wasn't. Many things had changed, but some things would be even more different in the future. Maybe her transformation wasn't only because she had the strength to overcome her experiences and her pain. Maybe the times she'd struggled to stay affloat had turned her into someone else. Now she would be happy even if she came to understand only one single thing, even if that was all. Now death was something that would be determined by her. And the same was true of life. It was hers and only hers.”