Gary, the CEO of a large energy corporation, has just learned about the legal case brought against him in an eminent domain dispute. The case involves forest property where he is planning to put in a natural gas pipeline. An experimental artist who made an installation on the property has pressed charges. Gary wins a round of the case, which will continue to be fought and appealed. Gary and his daughter, a young obstetrician, have become estranged due to differing beliefs, they see less and less of each other. He asks his daughter to meet him to discuss plans for her mother’s birthday. In the courtroom, the lawyer cross-examines the artist about the artist’s installation The Blue Trees Symphony and ecocide. Gary tells his lawyer and wife about his drastic decision to settle the case, to try to please his daughter. His wife expresses her concerns. Much later in the story, Gary meets with the artist in her garden. The wife is in a bubble.