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I read this a couple years ago, but I still remember what most of this means, and would be willing to bet there was some degree of context provided beforehand
>'the day the lights came down' refers to the event where the ayys made first contact
>Heaven is a virtual afterlife that people effectively commit suicide to live in
>Helen (his mom) chose to be admitted
>mc and dad are visiting her body before all they have access to are her holograms

There is more there, obviously, but once you have the gist of the aforementioned it shouldn't be too difficult to parse.