Tries to do something clever with an odd atom out--check if it's fire, put it at the front of the stick if it is, and oherwise insert it between the salt-sorting stage and the water-sorting stage. It doesn't matter if the odd atom out is salt or water if I put it between those two stages, because the stick will be correct either way. Seems like the start of an idea, but perhaps not quite right. Also still way too slow.