Jafarr's time is up. The People's Military have decided that he had played the kid long enough. Jafarr is forced to take the Adult Test 'fairly', tightly watching his results... which frighten them. And now his final days of 'childhood freedom' are gone.
A baby growing up in a cruel, world, two men trying to take this baby away from his parents just because he is a Native adopted by whites. The two men can't let go what happened doing the war and stuff. They refuse to move ahead and forget what took place long ago.