The unnamed protagonist lives on an exoplanet colony that was founded when the collapse of life on Earth (called Tellus in the story) was deemed inevitable.

Aided by a collective AI implanted in his brain, he is sent on a mission to Tellus to retrieve HeLa cell cultures that his planet needs to survive.

The protagonist realizes that the Founders deliberately kept this information from everyone else on the colony so that they could continue to hoard resources as the elite, and that they kill everyone who returns from missions to Earth so that they cannot tell anyone the truth.

The story ends with him disabling the collective AI in his brain and resolving to return to his colony to start a revolution against the Founders.

She also praised the audio performance of Jason Isaacs for immersing listeners in the story as if they were on the mission as well, giving it an Earphone Award for the month.