As the hero finally ends their journey, they’re transformed into a new person.
Sometimes heroes get what they have been trying to achieve throughout the story, and oftentimes they don’t.
This is the hero’s second journey. Who have they become and how have they evolved? This journey is the death of their old identity and their rebirth as a new person. This invisible journey is the real journey that our hero has been on the whole time.
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