And the hatch is closed, and suddenly, what has been a lifetime of both dreams and denial is becoming real, something that I dreamed about, in fact, that I chose to do when I was nine years old, is now suddenly within not too many minutes of actually happening.
Se cierra la escotilla y, de repente, toda una vida de sueños y negaciones se vuelve real, algo que soñé, de hecho, algo que elegí a los 9 años, de pronto ahora está a unos minutos de ocurrir de verdad.