From Beyond the Stella-Verse

Today I stepped out of the darkness.
I've been hiding, with an ignorant smile across my face, for a year.

This time last year I was ready to jump into the sun, but instead I sank into shadow.

Time has been pushing with steel hands on my spine, urging, demanding me to move forward.
I've resisted with every tool, every atom, every seductive smile I could muster.
I won.
I successfully made no progress.

So now I build an arsenal.
I'll drill out all the old and construct a model of the self I want to be.

The Lioness has been sleeping.
I'm going to feed her all the dreams and wisdom I can gather.
Then I shall set her loose on the world.