The last drill ended at six. The stream conversation happened over the equipment cases.
"We broadcast Floor 21," James said. "I'll say why plainly, and I want objections plainly."
He gave his reasons without padding.
First time the complete five climbed past 20. No reliable information about Floor 21 existed anywhere on Earth — whatever record got made, better they made it than rumour did. The revenue would matter to a guild quietly bleeding startup capital. And after Floor 20 and the campaign, the audience had stopped being a number James could picture as people in a room.
"No objection," Finn said. "Conditions."
"Maeve has them," James said.
Maeve had them written.
