Synopsis

In his youth, Gene Morton committed a killing to protect the recognition due for his groundbreaking research. Now toiling on a prison assembly line, repairing broken tape decks for his fellow inmates, his prospects for parole have been undermined by a combination of his own integrity and a persistent sense of remorse. Though the existence is solitary, each night after lights are dimmed, Gene retrieves his companions: a colony of minuscule machines crafted from salvaged prison materials, carefull