Jire is one girl in a city of thousands; a city ruled by invaders who take everything they can and leave nothing for people like her. But none of that matters for her. Not when Bale can’t be bothered to give up drinking long enough to work for a living, or when the need to eat every night outweighs her every other concern. If Jire is going to survive today, just as she has every day that came before it, then she will have to do it just as she has so many times before: alone.