I picked on the crisp fabric of my dress, which was a most disgraceful habit, but disquieted nerves galvanized my hands, overruling the scolding of my well mannered mind. For the first time in my memory, I actually wished for my sewing, the soothing of perfectly spaced stitching. Everyone in my society was so baffling; they spoke of drinking into intoxication and<span style="font-style: italic">skinning animals</span>,  sickening usages of time if there ever was. And they were<span style="font-style: italic">ladies</span>. There had to be more than distance of geography and culture between us; they seemed to have come from an entirely different, and uncivilized, era than myself. In fact, our situation was rather anachronistic.<br/><br/>Pushing aside the discomfort of this revelation, I let logic take itsâ€™ place in my mind. I started towards one of the girls who wore an odd smock, whom had just asked if anyone had a pick, or could use it to open locked door, then hesitated. I could fulfill both tasks, however they were not abilities that I wished to advertise.<span style="font-style: italic">Desperate times require desperate measures.</span>Again my fatherâ€™s voice echoed in my head, bringing a wave of reason. â€œI can do that,â€ I said, my face only burning slightly. I pulled a pin from my hair, and set to work on the locked door handle, which was a dull silver, and stronger than any I had seen before. I followed all that I remembered of Henryâ€™s instructions, feeling along the  tumblers with the pin. To mask my discomfort, I recalled my own experience of the floating violet light to my company, trying to ignore that my back was rudely turned to them.  â€œI too was pulled out of my door and up by a light that I could not identify - it was rather unlike candle flame - which was floating in the air. It enveloped me, tightly grasping my person, and somehow guarded me from the rain. The next thing I recollect is appearing here and awaking.â€ It was then that the lock clicked, and the door swung open into a white hallway.