Evelyn Barrow receives a message on her cellphone while sitting inside a moving metro car. The message leads to a conversation, a confrontation, and a final realization for the woman.

Captain Elara Velus and her robot assistant, X-7, need to refuel their ship at a station stationed by “Automaton” robots that will not deal with humans. Elara and X-7 enact a plan for Elara to become a machine, just for a time. But will it fool a true machine?

This is a guided story for you, the reader, to experience. You are left on a battlefield, found by a mechanical beast, and brought into a new life. Whether you accept it or not is up to you.

The near future. Robot chassis are piloted to pursue and capture criminals. One such pursuit causes injuries to a bystander, and a prototype medical system is tested on them. The result is unusual for everyone involved.

Under no circumstances whatsoever should you answer if you get a call from Sapphire and Sisters Domestic Consulting. This is for your own good! If you listen to their offer, there will be no saving you.