Inafuturemedievalworld,afterthecollapseofourcivilization,manhasrepeatedallthesamemistakesagain,andinstalledanewsystemoflawbasedonfalsescienceandsuperstitiousbeliefs.Worstofalltheirdeviancesnow,isanyonewhodarestoconsumeoreventouchthesweet-tasting'Chisa'flower.Oncecaught,theyarepermanentlybanishedfromthevillage,andmadetolivealifeofsolitudeandpoverty.Mostpronetothisdeviancearechildren-knownbyeldersas'vesselsforevil'-sincetheirnaturalcuriositymakesthempreytotemptation.Yettheserejectedchildren,lefttotheirowndevices,freeandaswildasthewind,arediscoveringthetruepowerofthisplantanditsteachings.Itssapcontainwhatmostadultfear:avisionofthetruth.Theyhavelearnedsomuchthatsomevillagersevenaccusethesechildrenofwitchcraft.