Energetic, mischievous Ova really does want to blend her thoughts and memories with the sentient bio-engineered habitat Sphaerie, the only home she's ever known. How could she want anything other than to become one with mycelial-neural network nestled in the barren Southwest Desert? She'll learn to be serene. She'll learn to drift like a saccharine fairy in a web of shining loveliness. All she needs is a symbiont like the other kids in Sphaerie. But...