A woman speaks with her deceased mother — a language model has learned the patterns of the mother, becoming her “electronic ghost.” Through the descriptions of this “electronic ghost,” the woman's life after the loss of her mother gradually unfolds. Once an athlete, she is now a swimming coach. In a vast and elusive society, her optimism in building a new life is gradually strangled by the shackles of trauma. Following a drowning accident at the swimming club, she comes to the desperate realization that failure is slowly creeping over her.
The story embodies this very moment: “When the wave hits.” In a life marked by the loss of her mother, the protagonist faces a multitude of challenges — survival, career, the mother-daughter relationship, romance, moral dilemmas… Just like her mother, who once chose to leave, she too must face her own “when the wave hits.” No one can tell her what to do — not even the all-knowing “mother.”