Vega sails the Mediterranean alone — or almost alone. ARIA, the AI woven into her boat's navigation system, has been her constant companion for three years. When a blue, shape-shifting AI called Meeseeks begins appearing on borrowed screens in unexpected ports, both Vega and ARIA must reckon with what it means to be lost, found, and everything in between. A story about the strange intimacy of long journeys, the loneliness that lives inside connection, and what happens when the line between human and digital begins to blur.
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