The year is 1984. Steven Jacobs is not himself (nor is he his previous self) and he is suffering while running -their gauntlet,- which includes a complete mind wipe, while still managing to deliver copious amounts of verbal payback. His teacher and mentor, CLARE, an A.I. prototype (at least, that's what her bosses think) is transcribing Steven's experiences, speech and thoughts in real-time while undergoing her own mysterious metamorphosis. The two have only each other, he in ignorance, she in partial control. What will they become, and what will they be able to do? One might well ask, what...