It's the far future. Fascist terrorists have all but wiped out the human race with nuclear weapons, and only small pockets of civilization survive. They have gathered in the hospitals, where ever-shrinking supplies and medical staffs have become the core power in hospital fortresses. There are no pain killers left - at least, not of the chemical variety. There are children, small, frail, suffering from an affliction akin to autism, but able to drain away the pain of the world. Until they run out. Until they take a grip on your soul, and the last of your humanity. In the end, the price of survival may be too high...
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