俩口子去买衣服，老婆在一件厚厚的和一件薄薄的衣服之间犹豫，不知道哪一件好，于是问老公：“你说买哪一件好?”老公说：“如果你会洗衣服，就买厚的那件。”老婆笑了笑，叫老板：“把这件薄的给我包起来。”

SomewhereinBerlin.Butnotjustanytime,thisishereandnow.Apostmandeliversaparceland,soonafterwards,everythingchanges.Aterroristattackrocksafamilytothecore.Maxi–wholoseshermother,herbrothersandherhome–triestolookforward,butisstilldeeplyinsecure.Nothingseemstowork.HerfatherAlexisastraumatisedassheis.Thecertaintiesofthepasthavebeenwipedoutandthegriefthatcomeswiththeirlossobscureseverything.MeetinganotheryoungpersonseemstohelpMaxi.Karlliberatesherfromherparalysisandurgeshertoconquerherfear.HehasorganisedameetingofEuropeanstudentswhoarelookingforsolutionstothecatastrophicsituationonthecontinent.ThetaskheassignsMaxicouldbethedecidingfactorinthesuccessofagrandplan.ByjoiningforceswithKarl,Maxiisdancingonaknifeedge:todayinBerlin,tomorrowinPrague,sooninStrasbourgandeventuallyalloverEurope.JesuisKarl–apoliticaltakeover.