I am reborn, in language. I listen to stories whispered in my ear as I sleep. I look at the two scrolls, side by side, wrapped in twine. I killed my parents. I am my mother. I am my father. I am a shape-shifter. I am devi. I am deva. I am sura. I am asura. I am male. I am female. I am neither. I am rakshasa. I am djinn. I am werewolf. I am not a khrissal. I was once a human. I want to be a human. I want to love a human. I am a human. I love you.