A companion starts with rhythm.
Before personality, there is timing: when to speak, when to stay quiet, when to ask for proof, when to call out the human.
Memory is not an archive.
A useful memory helps the next gesture. A dead archive only makes the room heavier.
The frame is part of the test.
If the system only rewards goals, money and ownership, a different tool must notice the lives that do not fit.
Local-first is a feeling.
It means the work can stay close: on the machine, in the room, with the person, without turning every private signal into a service.