Thomas Winters, genetically altered and not very good looking, meets Kate beautiful and short-sighted; a blessing on this occasion. For Thomas, single and lonely, meeting Kate Bentley is the chance of a lifetime. Shy and hesitant, he courts her with gentle determination. When he discovers she can see memory bubbles, collecting them to return to her father's failing mind, he suspects she could be g-altered, like him. He asks his old friend William...