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Nothing.
Dead.
We popped the hood and checked the battery terminals, because that's what you do when you're pretending this is a normal problem.
The terminals were intact.
No corrosion.
Then I noticed the battery cables had been cut clean through, like with bolt cutters.
Not chewed.
Cut.
We stared at the severed cables in silence, and the reality settled in.
Someone had disabled our vehicle in the night.
Not an animal.
Not bad luck.
A deliberate act.
My car started, but when I put it in gear and began to back down the driveway, the rear end fishtailed hard.
I stopped and got out, thinking I'd hit a slick patch.
The back tire was flat, not a slow leak.
A clean slice on the sidewall, deep enough that it looked like it had been opened with a blade.
I remember standing there in the gravel, staring at that cut, and feeling something shift in my mind from maybe to we are being managed.
Someone, or something, was controlling our options, keeping us there.
We didn't panic outwardly.