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In a near-future Hampton where personal AI assistants manage daily life, Malik Carter is selected for an elite neural-interface program he never applied to. His best friend wants the seat, his AI Nova cannot explain the nomination, and the school’s first test reveals the system may have been predicting Malik long before he walked into the lab.