Would you trust your developing years to a mysterious organization expecting a successful life in return? In the midst of the 2040s, Livvy Blunt, a girl with an unquiet mind, lives in confinement. Her home is a monastery, a place of silence and meditation created to keep her mind free from the frivolous matters of the modern world. The Monastery is a corporation with a clear goal: transform young Empty-heads into skilled Silver-hairs. The means to do that are controversial: uploads of skills to the brain. The more youngsters manage to keep their minds empty of gossip and avoid overthinking life, the more skills can be transferred. Livvy has a hard time trying to keep her mind idle, but her sacrifice should pay off by the promise of a successful future as a Silver-hair, a professional any recruiter would fight to hire. But when time comes for her to choose her set of skills, she is denied every professional and fun skill she ever longed for. People say she’s lucky for being selected to the Monasterial Upload Program, but she's not so sure.

Are you happy with the choices you have made in life? Livvy Blunt is traveling the world, discovering new places to admire, new flavors to savor and meeting new people to share her moments with. Either the world is getting smaller, or she is getting bigger and more independent. Life at large has its benefits, but she soon realizes it comes with certain drawbacks as well. Society gets more violent by the day – more complicated by the instant – but it was her choice to acquire skills organically. Sometimes it makes complete sense to go back and claim the upload of her preset skills; sometimes it makes even more sense to muddle along and conquer the life of her dreams. Feeling lost and disheartened, her mother’s memories become her north again. Each new fact Livvy learns about her brings another layer of mystery to her past. During this confusion, an old friend will ask for her help – the kind of help that requires personal sacrifice. Our choices dictate the life we live, and Livvy’s life is a mess right now.