In the urban jungle of 2150 AD, technology has woven human desires into an invisible web. Amidst the neon-lit skyscrapers, human cloning technology has matured to the point where it can mass-produce "meat animals"—organisms stripped of their full personality, legally existing in a gray area of society. They are not human beings, but commodities, custom-made by genetic engineering companies for the wealthy or scientists to use for various purposes. Eating them is considered a high-end culinary experience, known for their tender and nutritious meat. More commonly, they are used as a tool to satisfy the primal impulses hidden beneath the veneer of civilization. Creampies, deep throats, BDSM bondage, torture, and even suffocation play have become commonplace, tacitly permitted by the law. Meat animals possess no rights, only an instinctive drive for survival and a simple ability to imitate. Their intelligence is deliberately kept to a minimum to avoid ethical controversy. After all, in this world, clones are merely "mirrors"—shadows of humans, to be toyed with or slaughtered at the will of their owners.