Stan listened with genuine interest.
He found himself paying close attention not only to what she'd enjoyed, but why. The more she spoke about storytelling, the more he understood how her instincts worked. If he ever quietly helped shape another script with her, as he had with Ghost Signal, those instincts would matter.
Eventually she smiled over the rim of her glass. "So."
"What?"
"The basketball game."
"What about it?"
"Are you going to keep playing? Your team's got another game in against a gathered up group from the science faculty."
"It's a waste of time..."
She set her glass down. "Sophie told me this morning that the dunk clip hit Thirty million views."
He looked up from his plate. "Thirty million?"
"Yes."
"Well, that's absurd."
"No." She laughed. "That's reality."
She leaned forward slightly.
"There are people all over TikTuk trying to figure out where you've been training. Some of them are convinced you've been secretly working with an NBA coach."
