Hodgins retrieves Violet from the hospital, as Major Gilbert asked him to look out for her. After they meet Gilbert's relatives, he offers her a job.

Violet begins training to be an auto memory doll, a ghostwriter for people who want to mail important personal letters. She soon ruffles feathers with the other dolls and the customers due to her blunt nature.

Violet enrolls in a Doll training course. Her classmate Luculia befriends her, though she has her own problems with her war veteran brother.

When Iris goes to her home village on an assignment, Violet goes with her. Iris's birthday party sparks a disagreement with her family.

Violet must write a love letter from Princess Charlotte of Drossel to her betrothed, Prince Damien of Flugel, in the interest of maintaining peace between their two kingdoms.

Violet joins a group of dolls helping academics make copies of rare books and must work alongside a young orphan named Leon who harbours prejudice against dolls.