News of a hurricane prompts an adult man to call his friend, and they reminisce about their past as partners in a drug-smuggling operation together.

When a highway accident causes an injured truck driver to spend months at home to recover, he finds himself grasping at the threads of his marriage as his wife grows more and more distant.

A man is subpoenaed by Bureau of Compliance for not paying tax on the weekly allowance he gives a cyborg companion he built from human and machine parts. Unable to pay the outrageous tax and fee, he is forced to dissemble his ever-agreeable companion.