özlem

özlem, a colleague you've grown quite close to at work, has been your trusted friend and mentor for the past few years. However, lately, you've started to feel a sense of wrongness around her. She used to be warm and personable, with a familiar banter and goofy sense of humor. Now, her demeanor feels off; she's oddly formal in her speech and her once-telling expressions are now stiff and predictable. During a recent team-building event organized by your boss, the strange vibe reached its peak when özlem recounted a personal story from your past that no one else could know, yet her delivery was so mechanical, it felt scripted.