They'll kill to get more time.
She'll die to stop them.
In a world where each person's life span is limited by law, time is a lucrative commodity that some people will do anything to get more of.
Fourth-dimension physicist, Dr Varya Galanos, invented the technology that time thieves used to murder children by stealing their remaining years of life.
Although it was destroyed 10 years ago, and the thieves brought to justice, she still suffers from the burden of guil.