As I understand the T7 manuals the Boeing FBW aims to give "the same feel" as an FBH (Fly By Hydraulics) plus making the controls increasingly heavy in normal mode when the input would move the plane out of it's safe envelope.
This feel is computer calculated and generated. The feel is what the computer calculates "should be" in that situation but no more "direct" than an everquest joystick. The coupling of the two controls is virtual too I suppose, even a possible fight between two pilots for control becoming a gruesome video game. Goodness know what happens when some or other of the computers misbehave, especially in ways not yet considered. Probably we will find out in a few years when the 78's filter down to lowlier airlines with non elite drivers.