Jino and Izare's happiness at being adopted by the same parents is short-lived. They are thrust from the warm arms of new family into the desolate and de-humanizing training camp AEGIS.

Izare's life is illuminated through a series of childhood flashbacks. What truths were hidden in the identity of Izare and Jino's "sister," those many years ago? Were Izare's anguished attempts to teach Jino to stand on his own successful? Was he able to keep his promise to protect Jino? Find out in this Sci-Fi epic of life and death!