Camelia is a robot who has existed for only a few weeks. Her creator is a lonely, private man who built her without knowing quite what she would become. She has no knowledge of the world and cannot read emotions. Her assignment from Father is to explore the nearby forest—to learn, to experience, to eventually understand what happiness is and find some for herself. She sets out into the trees not knowing that what she is looking for may not be as far away as the forest.