About the book: 2024 / Life in captivity is not in vain, and everyone who is lucky enough to return gets their problems as a souvenir. Shahab Shadai distinguished himself: escaping from the elven laboratory, he took with him not only injuries, but also a living elf with a bad character. The story could have ended badly if another woman had been in the place of Hallela the Motherless. But the eccentric elf, nicknamed Dodder by her relatives, does not recognize banal tragedies and is determined to make the most of the situation..