some times school can be a scary. So when mercurys private school gets offered a scholarship for two students to go into space. she's determined to make the cut. You see the world's gone to crap, and she had no one there for her. she was raised in a abusive foster care system all of her life. she's take a chance to stay in space forever then take one more week on that dieting planet. She never really felt like she belonged there, but who does right.