"Damian," I started, my voice stronger than I'd expected. "I met you during the worst period of my existence—tortured, traumatized, convinced I'd lost everything that made me who I was. You showed me that survival was possible, that partnership could make impossible challenges manageable, that choosing each other was its own form of strength." I paused, emotion threatening my composure before I continued. "We fought together, sacrificed together, faced threats that should have destroyed us. And when we finally had choice about our futures, we chose each other over cosmic obligation, peace over power, building ordinary life over extraordinary responsibility." Through the audience, I heard quiet sounds of people crying—Aunty Dora predictably, but others too. "I promise to keep choosing you," I concluded. "Every day, through whatever ordinary challenges replace the supernatural ones we've survived. From death to life, from hunting to love, from obligation to genuine freedom—I choos
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