To visit planet Earth,
you will have to be born as a human child.
At first, you'll have to learn to use your new body,
to move your arms and legs.
You will learn to walk
and run,
to use your hands,
to make sounds,
and form words.
There will be so much for you to learn
and so much for you to feel,
sadness,
joy,
disappointment,
and wonder.
You will grow up,
travel,
and work.
Over the years, you will try to make sense of that happy,
sad, full, always-shifting life you're in.
And when the time comes to return to your star,
it may be hard to say goodbye
to that strangely beautiful world.
Damn this book.
You're crying.
No, I'm not.
Yes, you are.
You're definitely cry--
See, you're cry--