Today's story is drawn from the G7 summit happening right now in Evian-les-Bains, where world leaders and AI company CEOs are negotiating a "trusted partners" framework to control access to US AI models — while China's DeepSeek quietly fills the gap as a cheaper, unsanctioned alternative. The fantasy parallel casts AI models as Western Oracles locked behind a new Compact, a humble Keeper (representing ordinary workers and allied nations) caught between two great powers, and a lakeside summit where the real question — whose oracle are you consulting, and who reads your questions — goes unanswered.