In this afrofuturistic world, a witch doctor named Koriba explains the history of how people resided in Africa and on the mountaintop, Kirinyaga. Ngai, a powerful being, lived in Kirinyaga. Ngai had three sons. One son became the Father of the Maasai, the other son became the Father of the Kamba race, and the last son became the Father of the Kikuyu race.  Ngai offered each son the choice of a spear, bow, and digging stick. The Father of the Maasai race chose the spear, and Ngai told him to tend to the herds on the vast savannah. The Father of the Kamba race chose the bow, and their Father told him to go to the forest and hunt for game. The Father of the Kiyuki race, named Gikuyu, chose the digging stick. Ngai loved the earth, so he rewarded Gikuyu with seeds and gave him the mountain, Kirinyaga. Gikuyu’s sons and daughters, known as the Kiyuki people, lived on the mountain in peace and harmony until the white men from another planet attempted to take their lands away. In the end, the Kiyuki people created a contract where they live on Kirinyaga and the white people live in the cities below the mountain.  However, Koriba, a Kiyuki and a witch doctor, says that the white people’s presence has hurt the Kiyuki people. He explains that the the white people have erased much of the Kiyuki’s history and caused many Kiyuki to forget their origins as many went to the cities for better opportunities. Koriba is desperate to maintain the Kiyuki history. He lives with a tribe of Kiyuki on the mountain away from the cities and technology. However, the white people, known as Maintenance, force the tribe to obey the rules of a contract. If the Kiyuki violate the contract, they will be forced off the mountain. One day, a baby in the tribe is born feet first. According to tradition, a child born feet first is a demon and must be killed. Koriba kills the baby, and the Chief of the tribe fears that it violates the contract and Maintenance will punish them. Koriba refuses to give up any traditions and threatens the Chief to silence with a magic spell. The following day, a female Maintenance worker comes to the mountain to do her weekly check-ins. She conducts a headcount of the people in the tribe and realizes that a baby has been killed. Koriba acknowledges that he killed the newborn, and the Maintenance worker explains that it violates the charter as a baby can not consent to be killed. The Maintenance worker offers that instead of killing the babies, Koriba can give the babies to the Maintenance workers so that they can be adopted.  Koriba refuses, and the Maintenance worker returns back to the cities. The following day, the Maintenance worker explains that the charter does not allow the killing of babies and that any future offenses will be punishable. However, Koriba learns that a woman in the village is giving birth to twins. According to tradition, the first twin must be killed as it will be a demon, and Koriba plans to kill the firstborn. The witch doctor asks a messenger to find ten boys who have not yet been circumcised as Koriba plans to administer an oath to allow these ten boys to protect themselves from the Maintenance worker’s potential attacks.