Resources are stretched thin on the ark Pythean Dream. A young couple, members of the Dream’s crew, have an unplanned child and cannot support him. Reluctantly, they agree to place their son into hibernation, only resuscitating him when they can scrape together an extra meal from the struggling ark farms. He, in turn, sees his parents age in a series of snapshots, moments stretched out over decades, until it is his turn to crew the mighty ship.