Midori and u Cô are international university students in Melbourne. They play at being silver dragons birthing pearls from their mouths. They are united by loneliness. Midori's parents are killed by the tsunami in Fukushima and soon after Midori and u Cô witness a university shooting. Midori ends up in a psychiatric hospital, not able to cope with the double blow. u Cô is courted by a Vietnamese-Australian boy (Dzung) who has also survived the shooting. Dzung is unaware of Midori and u Cô's relationship and pressured by his parents asks Au Co to marry him. Midori is silenced and unable to out herself and u Cô she understands too well the pressures of family. u Cô accepts since her own family wants to migrate to Australia. Midori absconds before the wedding to the Blue Mountains. She suicides close to the Three Sisters. u Cô is left to work through her guilt. She falls pregnant to Dzung and after she gives birth she looks closely at his skin. The little baby has silver dragon scales running down his neck.