What could the future be like that you would like to live in? Not to fight for it, not to die for it, but to live in it? Not in an ideal utopia, but in a living society with all its pros and cons, problems and joys... There are not many stories about such a future, and they were created at a different time. Today we have to deal with new challenges, and each of the pressing questions of the modern world will receive, one way or another, its answer. The main character Ray arrived at a remote station with the hope of finding his place among people. He had no idea that his place had already been determined, his role had been assigned - and there were things waiting for him that only he could handle.

A cycle of stories. The beginning of the cycle is based on the story “The Praying Mantis and the Orchid.” The story itself has been significantly altered. Illustrations: Nasinix, Yana Konopatova; cover: meissdes.