Part Two: The Adjustment Lee woke before the alarm. For a few disoriented seconds, he did not understand why. Then he moved. The device shifted with him, and the memory of the previous evening returned all at once: the dining table, Tara’s questions, the sealed emergency key, and the quiet click that had sounded far louder than it should have. He lay still beneath the sheets. Morning light pressed faintly against the curtains. The room was cool. Nothing hurt. There was pressu