After the Ordinary Settlement is visited by the mysterious "Organisation', Kyle goes to the Library searching for information about Pure Oxygen Machines and the Pure Human City. His parents seem scared, and refuse to tell him anything about the machines or the city. They believe he should be content to be where he is and who he is, but he is determined to find out more. His search reveals a book called 'The Origins of Paradise' and what he reads has him desperate to go to the Pure Human City.

A few days later, he disobeys his parents and sneaks out of the Ordinary Settlement. He...