Chapter 1

Summary

• The chapter focuses on a girl named Livira, who was named after a weed.
• Despite her harsh surroundings in a place called the Dust, Livira is resilient, tough and relentless, much like the weed.
• Livira proves her strength by fighting a boy named Acmar and refusing to stay down despite his superior size.
• In the Dust community, Livira is known for her indefatigable spirit and wins the fight by not giving up.
• Livira has a special interest in a weed-like material called wind-weed, which an old woman named Ella can skillfully mould into different shapes.
• Livira also has a fascination for a well, which she believes connects them to a different world that is filled with water and other unknown things.
• Although their community lives in a constant state of scarcity and hardship, Livira holds out hope for going to the city someday.
• Livira spots a lone figure in the distance, marking the arrival of an unknown person in the Dust.