A world where external attractiveness is the second most valuable “resource” on the market. Parents are more willing to invest not in their child’s education, but in the services of plastic surgeons: maybe they’ll manage to catch the attention of someone from the cartel and thus guarantee the family a calm, well-off, and protected life. In this respect, Felisia was lucky—her beauty didn’t require any spending; she was born that way. Only no one told her that beauty isn’t the same thing as happiness.