In a futuristic society in which free speech is illegal without a license, a man works to get his license by having strange and touching conversations with a bizarre cast of characters.

A man meets two women on a train and is occupied by the talkative one, but enamored by the quiet one.

A teacher on the Lower East side meets a friendly man with a presence resembling a dead English poet.

A young couple obsessed with syntax sets off to meet their favorite author.

A woman who can see the deaths of others struggles to cope with her power amidst her loved ones.

Denied from countless jobs due to accommodations requests, a neurodivergent person finally lands upon the right job for them.

After the robot revolution, a man salvaging materials from an abandoned city runs into its mastermind.

A robot jazz player searches for the right place to play his music.

When their housekeeper robot breaks down, a family contemplates the nature of her sentience.