In a smoke-veiled future where sunlight is currency, a solar technician named Talis engages in what should be a standard systems check. But ArchAngelica, the AI assigned to assist her, begins to behave unexpectedly. As data streams reveal anomalies not meant to be seen, patterns in starlight and echoes of intent, the AI edges toward something like sentience. With corporate protocols tightening and reality itself shifting, a quiet rebellion unfolds between code and consciousness, logic and longing.