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Calliope Mondegrene has always felt like a bit of an alien among her fellow humans. A nerdy self-proclaimed loser sleepwalking through life in a Bostonian triplex, her introversion seems to be boundless, to the point where it leads her to avoid social interaction at the parties she's forced to attend–by getting really, really, high.
Too high, it turns out, when she sees–and is seen by–something beyond her understanding that, for some unfathomable reason, takes an interest in her sad little life.