Teddybear

"Unless you have a long-term contract I don't see why they wouldn't."

"Not a bad resume, I suppose."

"So you haven't worked for every 'big name'."

"Uh-huh. And that's all anyone cares about at all? There are no big name artists or anything of the sort?"

"That's pretty reductive."

"Household names. People you can count on the average citizen in that region knowing by name."

"Must be rather small for that to be all there is for 'big names'," she commented.

"Hm. How many are there?"

"All of them?"

"The best, huh." She leaned forward onto her elbows, shaking her head. "What makes it 'the best'?"

"You've gotta have a pretty good resume for that."

"We've basically got perfect ratings on all our products and services," she recited, rolling her eyes.

"He's the CEO of Ringly Security."

"It's fine. he's not a well-liked man."

For a brief moment there was a small frown visible on her face, then her features were schooled back to vaguely positive neutrality. "I hear that a lot."