Human body modifications have become commonplace. Aunt Lisi, an "anti-modificationist," befriended a "pen pal," and the two often enjoyed exchanging letters. She told me that the other person was a colonel and, like her, opposed body modification. After a law restricting life-extension modifications was passed, children were given the power to decide whether their parents could undergo the procedure. Aunt Lisi refused to let her parents be modified, incurring their wrath and even drawing threats from them. The colonel offered to help, but only sent events spiraling out of control. I drove Aunt Lisi to meet Colonel Kebo, but in the end, all that awaited me was Aunt Lisi, gone mad, and a male servant with a cold gaze. What had happened? When the truth finally came to light, the hairs on my arms stood on end...