In a post-apocalyptic future, Leah Benton, a gifted AI engineer, suffers a devastating collapse of faith. Her research is maliciously plagiarized and distorted by her ex-boyfriend Henry Yates, turning warm companion robots into cold, service-oriented tools. Disheartened, she resigns and takes away the "defective" robot PWL-000, which was supposed to be destroyed. Little does she know, a huge secret is sealed inside this machine.
