Wang Bo starts protecting others, Lau Kin-ming wants to be good, and Chan Wing-yan wants his life back. Reading A World Without Thieves and the Infernal Affairs trilogy for futures opened by change, acceptance, and intimacy, and cut short by death, institutional demands, and fixation on identity.

Carol finds rest, writing, and love, while also confronting what sustains her good days. Can love change the destination of shared life, or must it always lead to the Joining?