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The last bit of daylight came in from the kitchen window. She sat at the island eating yogurt as the kid was distracted by an iPad.  

She finished the yogurt and took a jar from one of the cabinets. Through the window, the sky changed colour and she took the last ray of light and closed the jar. 

That jar was the last one of the week, she grabbed the other four and started going to the basement. With the spoon still in her mouth, she put the jars down on a table. 

The machine was still faulty and needed some work but there was enough light that she could manage to get at least one good look. 

An old projector backwards pointed into a mirror that reflected onto a white screen pulled by various strings on a makeshift circular frame. 

She started to pour the light into a barrel that was connected by a hose to the projector. 

Behind the lens, she put a tooth into a small container made for that purpose. With the light ready and the tooth in she turned it on. 

A rattling noise came from the projector and an image started to show up on the mirror. 

On the white screen, she saw a man giving an acceptance speech. The man he had become all thanks to the woman that she is. 

Suddenly, smoke started coming out of the machine and the images on the screen started moving faster backwards in time. 

She saw every choice and unavoidable heartbreak and she saw the laughs and inescapable happiness. 

As the light from the barrel was almost out and the projector almost on fire she understood that her question had been answered.