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The story begins with an eight-year-old boy named Brecken, who is introduced as he plays on a beach. While his innocent play suggests childhood joy, there is a darker undercurrent; his mother, Juna, warns him against eating anything he finds on the ground, hinting at his unusual propensity for consuming plastic and other waste materials. Brecken's peculiar behavior is alarming, emblematic of the extreme adaptations humans have undergone in this new world.