The protagonist is running hard in a cold winter storm. Their old body is "running" behind them, in their mind. They push buttons on the suit they're wearing to heat itself and light the way. Even through the mask on their face they can see their breath.

The story flashes back to when the protagonist was still fully human. They're in a cell, speaking with a government official. He's a killer of 13 people because of a problem with his amygdala, and they're offering to let him voluntarily undergo the surgery and hope that the judge takes that as a sign of remorse. He must also have a sex change operation so that if the surgery doesn't hold, they will have a lessened ability to physically overpower people. He chooses to do so.

Back in the present moment, the protagonist reflects on the surgery, how they were allowed to keep their memories but not the emotions around them. The old body running behind them earlier is their memories, which now they want to be distanced from and not return to. A car stops to ask them for directions because the GPS isn't working, and they point the way. Just after the van goes around the corner, someone grabs the protagonist from behind and kidnaps them. They wake up, still in their same clothes with their arms taped behind their back in a basement. They twist their arms in front of them and turn on the flashlight, checking out the basement they're in. They assume a man has kidnapped them because of their body. After biting the tape from their wrists, they do some jumping jacks to get their body temperature up while planning an escape.

The man comes back and they fight for a moment at the base of the stairs. The protagonist wins and they scramble outside. They ponder whether or not they should just die as penance for the women they killed, but decides in the end to go to the police.