People in this city can never have children, and they never die. Time seems to have stopped. The protagonist has lived here for many years, until one day a child is suddenly born...
A thick gray haze shrouds the city. Like endless dust, it enfolds the entire city of Ata in a nightmare that will never fade. Nuoen stands before the library’s enormous floor-to-ceiling window, his shadow stretched long and lonely by the setting sun. His gaze passes over several deserted streets and fixes on the eternally unchanging twilight sky screen.
