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The New Beijing market is bustling. It's mid Saturday in the middle of summer, and the street market is a sweltering hive of people. Halfway between the upper and lower districts of New Beijing, the market is a strange hybrid of both rich and poor, with small open-air booths being nestled in between much  larger, respectable shops. Small helper androids roam the plaza and get underfoot, and screens blare on almost every surface, projecting the newest news or advertisement. At one of these smaller booths, tucked away in the shade, sits a bored looking girl. Her stall is greasy and dirt stained, reflective of her job-work table cluttered with tools and various parts. She looks out into the plaza, waiting for someone.