In the bustling chaos of North SEA-C High, Cao Jiayi, or "Miya" as her few close friends called her, preferred the sanctuary of the library's worn armchairs. At 18, she was a wisp of a girl, easily lost in the throng of chattering students. Her childhood hadn't been unkind, but it had been nomadic. Her parents, both scientists constantly chasing research opportunities, uprooted Miya from city to city.