When the motion started under her skin, Alana's mind began repeating 'It's just a hallucination' over and over, like a mantra.  What Rene had said made some sense, the other woman hadn't been hit by the light, but still, things like this couldn't happen.  Then she collapsed into the pile of goo.  As Rene ran off, her screams made her unable to hear the muted screams of the liquid doctor.<br/><br/>Then suddenly, Alana was back, standing on top of her clothes.  Her whole body was trembling, and she could hardly stand.  Apparently, whatever the light had done, it had changed her.  There was no way a hallucination could be that realistic, and no reason at all she would envision herself into a puddle.  She backs up slowly from the pile of her clothes, and falls into an open chair.  Sitting there, she tries to make sense of what's happening as Desmond's heavy breathing sounded from his still form.<br/><br/>(On a side note, was Desmond caught in the light?)