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Maya pulled up the raw data on her tablet. Battle of the Break Room would generate 1.4 billion micro-engagements in the first week. Clips would dominate reaction videos. Merch would sell out. The stock price would soar.

Maya placed her tablet on the table. “The Muse says 98% for the axe-fighting show. And 12% for the dying planet.”

Three weeks later, the board voted 5–2 to keep Maya. The Last Blue Flower —Sylvia’s show—began production. It was slow. It was sad. The first trailer got only 40,000 views in 24 hours.