Imagination: After the apocalypse, human beings huddle under the steel-gray dome designated by the "Reconstruction Bureau" and swallow precisely proportioned synthetic nutritional paste every day. What is outside is not wasteland, but mountains of "relics from the old era" that have submerged the entire surface - massive amounts of uncorrupted clothing, toys, plastics and metals. The responsibility of the Redevelopment Authority is to sort, compress, and ultimately transport these "meaningless garbage" to further "cemeteries." The protagonist is a sorter in District 7. One day, he secretly hid a cart of expired cans. Three days later, he discovered that the rusty water seeping out of the bottom of the can actually caused a green, furry plant seedling that he had never seen to emerge from a crack at his feet. The latest instruction from the Reconstruction Bureau is that any "signs of non-synthetic life" found must be reported immediately and a "purification protocol" must be initiated.
