Eli’s future is a life spent scavenging on the Rim. He sells trash to survive, while on the Topside, citizens live in hedonistic luxury. Eli dreams of obtaining citizenship by becoming a handler; bonded with a bio-organic life form called a meka. A grifter named Kalex offers Eli a trade: meka of his own, if he competes in an illegal fight to the death.
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Eli’s future is a life spent scavenging on the Rim. He sells trash to survive, while on the Topside, citizens live in hedonistic luxury. Eli dreams of obtaining citizenship by becoming a handler; bonded with a bio-organic life form called a meka. A grifter named Kalex offers Eli a trade: meka of his own, if he competes in an illegal fight to the death.