"Like an ever-shifting cloud of light. As if the stars were right in my eyes blazing every hour of the day," he grouses. A consequence of the dense population and the Bios present in not only every person but every aspect of their lives. It's present in the neon, in their technology - a million little blooms coalescing into unbearable glare.

"Imagine if a fire was hovering before your eyes constantly. That is what it's like."