Although it has been decades... Chae still remembers vividly, the horrid experience of being homeless and scavenging among the streets of New York City, in order to survive. As he unknowingly was forced to trade one hunger for another, he inevitably and mysteriously had to adapt to his new-found, nocturnal nature. He reflects on these dreaded reveries now, from the window of his loft, before venturing out into the night. His hunger, he must find means for it to subside. And in the process, prey, he will undoubtedly, find.