Realties, confluxes of different universes, grow to the infinite but there are not without conflict from the unending. Trades are made, deals are struck, while Cyril finds his existence being erased and bought off. He needs time, a guide, and the willingness to move forward with his new home. But for what little hope he has is snuffed out by being placed with a Match; the person who would do most to better him. He is no hero, nor a villain, but a man just trying to find something worthwhile in his life. Though with her call, he takes his first steps into the world - he must run. For stopping can mean only death in this manhunt as he tries to find the meaning of his first Dao.