Amidst a thunderstorm and in a parked car, a mysterious man is caught between the crosshairs of another, younger man with a rifle pointed right at him.
A blind, American AI robot is sent to post-war Canada and is tasked with cleaning up what remains of the country and stumbles across a hand-written braille journal that belonged to a child. The robot begins to read the journal and generates false images of life. Will this robot learn what life was, and will it begin to feel emotion? Or will it take these words and generate only soulless images?
In a black and seemingly empty void between space and time, a stubborn, media-addicted Soul is finally given the opportunity to choose a Host to be born into with the help of Phanes, his guide and "chauffeur" into life.