it was difficult to believe that only yesterday he had been in his laboratory at fort collins , the dawn rising over the sweeping prairies of eastern colorado . i dont know , its hard to say . still no movement from inside the car . i look down and see her on the second level , lying on the floor panting . and i do n't think that 's a bad thing . ' `` we 're scanning everything into computers , but it 's going very slowly . she had almost said as much . 