Arcturus is a normal guy in an abnormal world. His brother, Rigel has a rare and unresearched condition which most simply call mutism, and it renders him completely speechless. Because of the rarity of the condition and the inability of advanced technology to diagnose it, society has mostly deemed it a hoax—a hoax meant to earn the “faker” free drugs and other commodities. When Rigel makes the ultimate decision to take his life, Arcturus spirals into a frenzy, dedicating his life to uncovering the cause, and discovering a secret about his world in the process.
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