This novella addresses individual privacy in a world full of high-definition video technology. This supremely philosophical story is set in Hawaii; its events focus on an American woman named Charlotte, a former employee of an intelligence agency who was tasked with monitoring foreign students at US universities, and Abdullah, a former foreign graduate student in the United States. The novella is rife with rich conversation between the two characters. By way of gradual confessions, Charlotte reveals the ins and outs of how Abdullah's entire life was monitored during his time in the United States-much to the shock of the former graduate student.