"...what evolved for me here was a total sham," she continued, "they presented their package to me as an opportunity to expand the subscription base to a level where we could compete with MACRO, I was supposed to have total creative control, but that was just bullshit Abe, once I got here it was like the old Hollywood paradigm but worst! At least in Hollywood, or so I hear, some good work slipped through the cracks. Well let me tell you Abe, there are no cracks here. This place is totally sealed. And now MACRO wants to absorb it. Does this make sense?"

She sounded very upset and, in an odd way, repentant. He was getting ready to lash out a series of I-told-you-sos, but refrained.