The Host Epilogue Chapter 60
EPILOGUE Continued Life and love went on in the last human outpost on the planet Earth, but things did not stay exactly the same. I was not the same. This was my first rebirth into a body of the same species. I found the transfer much more difficult than changing planets because I had so many expectations about being human already in place. Also, I'd inherited a lot of things from Petals Open to the Moon, and not all of them were pleasant. I'd inherited a great deal of grief for Cloud Spinner. I missed the mother I'd never known and mourned for her suffering now. Perhaps there could be no joy on this planet without an equal weight of pain to balance it out on some unknown scale. I'd inherited unexpected limitations. I was used to a body that was strong and fast and tall–a body that could run for miles, go without food and water, lift heavy weights, and reach high shelves. This body was weak–and not just physically. This body seized up with crippling shyness every time I was…
