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In 1924, a boarding-house cleaner finds abandoned architectural plans hidden under every carpet she lifts. A draughtswoman recognizes them as homes designed for women who never received permission to build, and together they try to complete one room before the house is sold.
A disgraced compliance officer now sells balloons outside the headquarters that fired her. When a window cleaner spots confidential floor numbers printed inside the balloons, their small street business becomes the only warning system for workers about to inherit an employer's carefully concealed liabilities.
A starliner steward opens a passenger's unregistered suitcase and finds a dying galaxy inside. Delivering it safely means breaking a treaty that classifies every world within as lost property.
In 1620, a widowed surveyor is paid to design a grand house with no guest entrance. The woman responsible for feeding its construction workers proposes an inconvenient alternative, and their growing alliance turns an architectural commission into a battle over who deserves shelter.
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