Low-Tier Jobs and the First Real Viewers

Vera gave him a sideways glance. “And you are?” “You’ll know me later.” Marcus looked at Aiden through the live feed and spoke fast. “Normal people do not watch heroes first to see how flashy they are. They watch to see whether the hero is actually doing something. This guy has one dangerous trait - he makes people stop skipping.” Across town, in the Clayton Hero Commerce Alliance office, the audience retention curve on a data wall ticked upward. One executive in a suit stared at the screen and slowly frowned. “How is a C- support hero holding this many viewers?” Nobody answered. Deep in the systems room, a pale woman with gold-framed glasses was zooming through every data packet around Aiden’s move.