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and the time before impact.
    Slowing down three miles and shifting thirty degrees to
the right will produce successful impact prevention.
    Her reflexes were instantaneous. She gingerly applied the
brakes, and expertly guided her bike in the direction her mind had decided
would be acceptable.
     Then, the spell broke and it seemed that time had again
resumed its normal pace. Alice missed the deer by mere inches.  She slowed down
and pulled over to the side of the road. Her heart was pounding with fear and
excitement. She was of breath and stood, hunched over, with her hands on her
knees.
    What. Was. That?
    It was as if a computer had taken over her mind during that
small window of time, producing unexplainable and unimaginable results. There
was no possible way a normal person could have reacted that quickly.
    As her heart rate began to slow, she looked up into the
sky.
    It's getting late. What time is it? I should hurry...
    Alice's normal thought pattern was interrupted, once again
hijacked by the new part of her brain.
    Given the angle of the sunlight and the length of the
shadows, there are forty-three minutes left until sunset .
    Her inner self wanted to panic, to run to the nearest
hospital for a cat-scan, anything to understand what was happening... but she
knew she couldn't risk it. 
    Get a hold of yourself, Alice. Just lay low for a few
days until everything calms down...then you can figure out what's going on.
    If I leave now, I'll have just enough time to run by the
store and make it home before dark... I definitely don't need to run into any
more deer.
    As she predicted, Alice pulled into the Pit Stop a short
while later.
    That title is more accurate than they could have
imagined .
    Aside from being dingy and badly in need of repair, most
people that shopped there only did so because there was no alternative.  It was
one of the only stores in the vicinity, and the only gas station in town.
    The employees paid little attention to her. She was just
another person passing through on her way to somewhere else. She entered the
store and picked out enough food to last at least a few days.
    She set her items on the counter and waited for the clerk
to ring her up. Glancing over them, she pulled out the exact change from her
wallet long before the old man gave her the total.
    Hey, that's  Barney. I can't believe he's still here. He
was working here when I was just a kid.
    She pushed her cash forward on the counter as he packed
away the last item.  He wordlessly took the money and mumbled, "Have a
nice day," as she walked out the door .
    Same old Barney.
    Alice hopped on her bike and hurried back to the cabin,
arriving just as the sun was setting.
    Perfect timing.
    The sun cast deep reds and oranges across the surface of
the lake. It was breathtaking. It made her regret staying away for so long.
    Ironic that when I do finally return, it's under these
circumstances.
    After she finished her sad excuse of a dinner, she found
her way upstairs to the Jacuzzi. It would give her a chance to wind down and
make sense out of what happened.
    After filling up the tub, Alice quickly undressed in the
chilly air and sank gratefully into the warm water. She felt the built-up
tension start to melt away, if only for a time.
    The past few days have been so unreal. It's as if I just
walked out of some science fiction novel, like I'm going to wake up soon and
realize all of this was just some twisted dream.
    She glanced down at her hand and saw the fresh burns.
    ...but I know this is definitely not a dream.
    Alice knew she should make some sort of solid plan.  She
could hide at the cabin for a while, but not indefinitely. Someone would find
her, one way or the other. She was not sure if it would be the authorities or
EngineerCorp who found her first. She doubted she would be arrested, given the
nature of her "crimes." EngineerCorp would want to keep the situation
under wraps. They would not want her sharing everything she knew with some