“Zig, I need to tell you something?” says Max with a serious expression, and back in the UK with Zig in their apartment.

“Come and sit down,” he adds, taking hold of her hand and leading her towards their settee.

“You know my boss at work, Trevor,” continues Max, looking at Zig intently. “This morning, he called me into his office and asked about your stories!”

“What?” says Zig sharply. “He asked you about my stories. What about my stories?” she adds quickly.

“Wait?” says Max. “I’ll get us both a drink, and we’ll sit at the dining table, then I’ll tell you all about it,” he adds.

Max hurries towards the kitchen while Zig sits at their dining table in their modest-sized, rented apartment. Max quickly joins her with two glasses of chilled water.

“You’re not gonna believe this?” says Max, putting down their drinks before sitting next to Zig.

“Max! Stop messing about,” says Zig, ever protective of her creative writing. “Tell me what’s going on, now!” she adds sternly.

“Well! Erm!” mumbles Max before taking a large swallow.

“Trevor, the guy at work, found out about your ‘ZandaBot’ story posted on your blog. Someone was telling a co-worker about it, and Trevor overheard their conversation, so he checked it out!” says Max.

“Jeez! Is that all? You had me worried for a minute,” says Zig, sighing with relief.

“No! No! That’s not the best part,” says Max excitedly. “This has gone up the chain of command in our company to my big boss, our company CEO, Mr Sawn,” he continues.

“And! Mr Swan called me into his office this afternoon to say he’d like to chat with you about your story,” adds Max.

“What! Your CEO. Why?” asks Zig, shocked.

“Well!” says Max, shuffling closer to the table.

“This has to be kept a secret between you, me and Mr Swan!” whispers Max, tapping the side of his nose.

“Max! Tell me what this is all about, now, or I’m going out,” says Zig, getting a little peeved at her boyfriend.

“As I said, Mr Sawn, the CEO of Chuckle Technologies Ltd, UK division, would like to discuss with you, Zig, my girlfriend, and the coolest girl in the world and writer of the ‘ZandaBot’ story, what your plans or ideas are for taking your story forward?” explains Max, before punching the air.

Zig sits staring at Max in disbelief! …

“This has gotta be good news, right?” says Max, sipping his drink of water.

Zig continues to sit in complete silence, just looking at Max.

“Jeez! Hold on. Just back up here a little!” says Zig, now reaching for her glass of water.

“Your big-wig company CEO, Mr Swan, wants to talk to me about my ZandaBot story? Why would he want to do that?” adds Zig before sipping her water.

“I mean, your company is massive,” continues Zig. “It’s gotta be one of the biggest tech companies in the world,”

“Yep! And Yep!” replies Max. “Chuckle Tech is a massive global company, and I know we’re working hard and putting a lot of resources, including money, into developing LLMs and more for AI projects?” he adds.

“Exactly! You’re one of the leaders in AI and tech. Well, that’s what you’ve been telling me for years?” says Zig.

“Yeah! Yeah! We are!” answers Max.

“So why? Does your Mr CEO want to talk to me?” replies Zig.

“I have No Idea?” says Max, short and sweet.

“All I know is what Mr Swan asked me, and that was. What are your plans or ideas to take your story forward?”