I was excited when I saw this author had a story in one of these short read series. I found it hard to engage with, however. There's a lot of telling, not showing. The main character isn't rounded out beyond her neurodiversity until well into the story. There's an interesting mix of recent Australian history with that from the early days of white settlement, but it's an uneasy mix. A fair degree of thought and planning obviously went into it, but it comes across more as a detailed outline for a longer piece than as a successful shorter story.