"Being declared dead is different from actually having that moment when you know your body is too broken to heal the damage," Bart said, without heat. "I wonder if they have the footage of my funeral in here. Probably not, since it isn't the same world."

He remembered it too well. "I know it wasn't exactly me, but I remember bits and pieces of that life, especially the last week or so. One of the perks of being temporally resistant, I guess. Although it's weird not to remember every moment. The only other time like that was when I was in a coma after my scout died."