Dublin, OH – Mutually convinced that even the faintest utterance of a potential client’s name would lead to their inevitable poaching, fellow brokers Duane Hollins and Harry Sims of Snappy Fast Freight – desk mates of five years – spoke only in hushed, enigmatic tones during their obligatory Friday morning sales meeting. When pressed about which new clients he was actively quoting, Hollins replied with a cryptic ballet of vagueness, “Oh, just the O-Ring distributor in California, and the recycler down in Texas. And the uh, cat-toy people from New England.” Sims nodded along, feigning indifference while endlessly repeating the words in his mind to retain the information carelessly offered by his co-worker. Sims offered even less before excusing himself to take a non-existent phone call, “I’m just, you know, just pursuing the same faces in the same places.” The meeting would conclude moments later, after which their manager could be found asking Grok how he could legally retain both employees’ clients upon their termination.