Hi there My name is Bettina Masters. It is now the winter of 2212. I realize for you, my story may seem strange and almost entertaining. All the same, in the spirit of all seriousness, I should tell you this is not the reason for my writing this. The reason I must set these events down as part of the archival record is a pressing urgency to narrate what happened to me and to the people I knew over three crucial days in 2207, which profoundly changed my life as well as all of yours