This document examines ten moments from a work of fiction about a man who lives glued to an artificial intelligence assistant, and turns them into conceptual distinctions: attention, privacy, intention, presence, rhythm, bonding, silence, resilience, reunion with oneself, and the return to the mycelium. Each chapter sets out what the scientific evidence says and where its limits lie, with a status label (solid, preliminary, mixed or debated). It then proposes an environment architecture with concrete components, reads the character's case while taking care not to promise more than design can deliver, and closes with suggestions for today, this week and this month, plus questions for individual reflection and conversation. The central thesis is that cognitive sovereignty rests less on willpower than on the design of the environment, and that its ultimate purpose is to be able to stand present before other people. The proposals are programmatic and have not been evaluated as a whole. This is Part XIII of the series Cognitive Sovereignty in the Digital Age (Cognitive Advance, Neurotransmedia ORG). Keywords cognitive sovereignty, Neuromycelium, attention, privacy, presence, cognitive resilience, social bonds, silence, digital well-being, environment design, artificial intelligence, Cognitive Advance
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