bᵻfˌoːɹ lˈɔŋ, ðə nˈaɪtmɛɹ ˌoʊvɚwˈɛlmz hˌɪm, ænd hiː ɪz ʌnˈeɪbəl tə tˈɛl wˈɛðɚ hiː ɪz mˈuːn bˈɪn, ɐ sˈoʊl tˈiːneɪdʒɚɹ æt ðɪ ˈɛnd ʌvðə sˈɛkənd mɪlˈɛniəm, ɔːɹ sˈɑː kˈaɪʌŋ kˈɪm, ðə sˈʌn əvə pɹˈɑːmɪnənt wˈɔːɹɪɚ fˈæmɪli ɪnðə mˈɪdəl ʌvðə fˈɜːst mɪlˈɛniəm.
Before long, the nightmare overwhelms him, and he is unable to tell whether he is Moon Bin, a Seoul teenager at the end of the second Millennium, or Sa Kyung Kim, the son of a prominent warrior family in the middle of the first Millennium.