When a sandwich shop owner hires a mysterious man whose talent is fixing almost anything, the fixer feels obligated to help every person in the town, no matter the problem.

While driving a heart transplant to a patient on the verge of death, a man reflects on his past and the importance of his work.

An aging factory worker faces a jarring surprise at work months before his retirement. As capitalism chugs along, employees get caught in its cogs.

A co-worker gives a new staff member an introductory tour of the office, while providing small gossip about other employees along the way.

A young man's romantic partner dies in a tragic boating accident, and he is grief-stricken. When he's offered the chance to clone his deceased partner, to bring her back exactly as she was before, he jumps at the opportunity -- but the resulting clone is not quite whom he had expected.

A writer gives an account of his friend Dr. Tokai, a kind and sophisticated plastic surgeon who died after his first real heartbreak.

A man working at a communications community wants a new job. His coworker promises him one, so long as the man helps to hide human body parts.

As a member of the defense industry, a man recalls his memories throughout his work life. He encounters a former management and realizes how he and his employees are part of the greater picture in the world.

An elderly storeowner's quiet life is interrupted by a visit from a poor young man looking to sell a valuable item, which he claims has the power to bring happiness in desperate times.

In an unlikely encounter, a homeless teenage boy recounts harsh events of his life to a writer. He nonchalantly tells of an employer whose assignments caused him to have permanent physical and mental damage.