2049. Capital of the Baltic Union.
A city of glass towers, neon billboards and everything-as-a-service. Life here looks clean and safe: the streets are washed daily, the air is fresh, public transport always arrives on time. There's always something to look forward to, as long as you don't mind every device, even the mandatory wrist tags, reporting your vitals, your mood, and your habits 24/7.

Even here, shadows will crawl out where light can't find them.

A teenager, hoping to make money for a tuition, accepts a job from a local hardware pirate cell: steal a prototype phone. Quick and dirty. Unfortunately, "quick and dirty" leaves stains that don't wash out so easily.