Hannah and her parents are meeting with a specialist from a neurological research institute. They are deliberating a treatment for Hannah that would allow her to more easily integrate with life around her, to be 'more like other teenagers.' Hannah has difficulty answering questions quickly; she thinks through things deliberately until she comes to an answer she's satisfied with. Two weeks ago, her mother asked her if she wanted new dance shoes, and she has yet to answer. She has been told that she has temporal autism. Hannah leaves the house and wanders outside. She is overwhelmed; she doesn't know whether she should want this procedure or not. She comes to an old cathedral and takes out her dancing slippers. She feels time stretch around her; she is deeply connected to the fabric of the world around her; she is only aware of her own movement through time and space. The next morning, Hannah decides she does not want to be 'normal.' She doesn't want to give up the intense connection she has with the world and her incredible awareness of temporality. She finds her mother and tells her she does not want new shoes.