text: The voice was still gone, but it had been there, it had existed. And it had come from …
  
  From …
  
  Struggle for it!
  
  From outside!
  
  It had come from outside!
  
  A pause, the novel idea overwhelming everything for a time, then a reiteration: From outside! Outside, meaning …
  
  Meaning there wasn't just here. There was also—
  
  But here encompassed …
  
  Here contained …
  
  Here was synonymous with …
  
  Again, progress stalled, the notion too staggering, too big …
  
  But then a whisper broke through, another thought imposed from outside: More than just, and for a fleeting moment during the contact, cognition was amplified. There was more than just here, and that meant …
  
  Yes! Yes, grasp it; seize the idea!
  
  That meant there was …
  
  Force it out!
  
  Another thought pressing in from beyond, reinforcing, giving strength: Possible …
  
  Yes, it was possible! There was more than …
  
  More than just …
  
  A final effort, a giant push, made as contact with the other was frustratingly broken off again. But at last, at long last, the incredible thought was free:
  
  More than just—me!