It’s been years but I have some words dying to be vocalized before they fold and spoil behind my esophagus: don’t join a conservative religious group and dedicate your life to it, don’t choose any truths bc they are are false, work hard but do not sacrifice yourself to the state. All of these warm arms around you will begin to burn and very soon you will be flailing in flame, cursing yourself for your own innocence or, perhaps, the way your clothes appeared flame-retardant.