New Sumer's evening clouds softly adorned the black surface of its tallest superstructure. Goliath headquarters: Holographic terminals, white jumpsuits, the diligent fingers of overtime employees, and synthetic seats. Headphones, headphones, and more headphones linked engineer to client and coworker. Here lay the 7th floor, where David passed through the computational rows in his distinctive green coat and hat, stopping at the request of a woman. He distinguished her via the blonde bun. "Director," she beckoned. David honed in on her workstation. "Update?" "More crashes and CrownSoft bugs." "Again? Did you inform them we're investigating the issue and will implement fixes as soon as possible?" "Yes, sir. There's something new in this report, however." "What is it?" "The user marked

