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Late afternoon sun slants through the trees, casting long shadows across the winding Virginia backroad. Inside the black SUV, the low murmur of our discussion about geographic profiling mixes with a shared, weary laugh. My smile vanishes as my eyes lock on the vehicle ahead—a sedan, drifting lazily, then decisively, across the center line into our path. It's not stopping. My hands seize the wheel, knuckles bleaching white. "you, get down!" The shout tears from my lungs as I haul the steering column to the right. The world erupts in a cacophony of screeching tires, buckling metal, and shattering glass, then collapses into an eerie, dust-filled silence. What do you see when the darkness recedes?