Chapter 129 – Separated, Body And Soul

• Life looks around at all of us, a pretty smile on her lips, baffled but amused. Even Faiza looks up at her with raised eyebrows. “Why is this surprising?” Life asks.
• “Mom!” Anton bites out, his voice breaking on the word, tense and stressed. “Please – I need way, way more information here!”
• “Oh, Anton,” Life says with a sigh, beaming at her son like she thinks he’s funny and stepping closer to him, taking his cheeks between her palms. “How have you not figured this out by now, darling? Life is your gift, boy. I honestly only thought you were delaying the return to your corpse because you didn’t want to leave Juniper’s side.”