"I had to take everyone's word about it all... who I was, what I did, where I'd been and what all had happened in my absence. I apparently even appeared to them on more than one occasion in my ascended state. Again, I don't remember any of it." He sipped at his coffee for a few minutes, collecting his thoughts.

"The people who wanted me to ascend again... they didn't understand that it wasn't a voluntary action. I wasn't doing it because I wanted to. There was an Ancient named Oma that kept ascending me, trying to make me stay with her and the other ancients..."