I met him in the club and that was that. One night with Andrew Merricks and I’m stuck with this … I don’t want to say it’s a burden. It has its uses. The first time it happened I saved someone’s life! But the sensation it gives me, that feeling of dissociation that surrounds me when time slows down. It’s horrible!

I do what anyone would if they were in my situation, I use my ability to help people. I don’t seek out trouble, but my word does it have a way of following me around.

Just the other day I witnessed a man trying to steal a woman’s bag. What do I do? I slow time I run up to them and punch him in the nose. He flies backwards, blood flying everywhere, and she is none the wiser.

To an outsider I have what could only be referred to as super speed. But in reality it’s just the depletion of time.

Everything goes so slowly around me, it’s almost like time has paused, except it’s still moving on like it’s an animation missing a few frames, like it’s a video lagging.

This ability wasn’t the only thing I contacted from Andrew, I am HIV Positive now. That also changed the trajectory of my life in a massive way, but I’m still going two decades later and I’m still slowly pottering on.

My life changed when I slept with Andrew Merricks, but I wouldn’t change it back. With what he has given me I can make a positive difference in the lives of many others.