Rune Ballot can be a downandout teen prostitute in Mardock City. One day, she's found by a casino director called Shell who gives. Renewed by way of a fictitious innocence, a fictitious past, now the fictitious life Shell has given her, Ballot feels thankful. She can't help but be interested in learning why he has done for her, so that she does some research on his past onto a laptop. This turns out to be a mistake that can change her entire life. He attempts to burn her to death from blowing her up car when Shell realizes what she's done.