Objects begin to manifest their agency, eroding the visitors' view of the universe.
Every object holds a concealed essence, a reality below awareness. They're thinking, living forms with consciousness, with reality of their own.
The objects stir and form networks, communicating with each other in unfamiliar language.
Habitats become living spaces, with buildings, cars, and even infrastructure working in concert with a shared will. Some visitors run in horror, and others attempt to understand and coexist with this new life form.
The objects don't come in from another planet, but a new dimension—one in which matter and consciousness blur one with the other. They have traveled in an attempt to introduce visitors to a new reality, in which the chasm between subject and object no longer holds sway.
Dwellings are now symbiotic spaces, in which everyone lives with objects in harmony, with each respectful of the other's agency. Technology turns away from manipulation and towards collaboration, with machines and tools working in concert with, not at, humans.
The gap between living and not living no longer holds any sway.
The visitors are surrounded by the concert of objects who have become companions to them.Â
The sun sets, and the visitors feel a familiar buzzing resonate through their form. They smile.