What if Empathy Were Absolute? Would it make our world better? William is a mental health specialist in a world of absolute empathy. There is no poverty or war, but William's job is just as dangerous as that of a soldier. One slip-up and an escalating empathy feedback loop with a patient could kill them both. Day after day, William faces the worst consequences of the hyperempathy virus release and loathes what it did to the world. His life is upended when a new patient reveals a way to get rid of hyperempathy once and for all. What should he do with this knowledge?