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As Mei adjusts to her grim new reality, she becomes an asset to the gang, calculating financial profits and memorizing critical numerical data for the mob. Her exceptional memory makes her irreplaceable, but her life is punctuated by loss as she learns of her mother's passing due to illness.
For Luke, life in a dilapidated homeless shelter exposes him to violence and despair. A small act of kindness to a fellow homeless man ends tragically, highlighting the brutal reality of his existence. The spiraling events force him into an uncontrollable downward path marked by futility until fate throws him into a collision course with Mei’s captors.