Blue Rhapsody — Grace McDermott

A Require: Cookie short story.

Michael Hu Luk - known better to himself and the world as Raz - struggles to make it from day to day.

On a bad day, when colours hurt, and the walls are screaming, he receives a kindness that changes his life - a pair of headphones that never tangle, and that repair themselves.

On investigation, they lead him straight to the Agency, and a chance at a different life.