In the future, what we know of human consciousness changes.

VOCHE, a quick-witted machine rights activist, races to prove that a newly created AI machine is a fully conscious being. SAMANTHA, a savvy network security tech, struggles to halt mysterious hacking that spreads through the city-wide corporate network called CERL. Their paths meet when a deep secret about the AI machine and the CERL network is revealed, challenging their understanding of what it means to be a conscious being.