The day begins with a room adjusting sleep and news to its occupant. Social feeds present lives tuned for engagement. Advertising answers preferences the character has barely expressed, while an office system completes ideas before colleagues finish speaking.
A call with a friend sounds strangely polished. Meetings defer to model output without discussion. By evening, the character has trouble identifying which choices began with a personal intention and which were prepared by the surrounding systems.
The story leaves the character inside that uncertainty. The systems sound more human, and daily behavior has begun to follow the patterns those systems reward.