The staff recruitment announcement landed differently in boardrooms than it did everywhere else.
The public reaction had been predictable — excitement about the moon, the chef thread, the kitchen assistant math, the counselor framework observation.
The internet had processed it the way it processed everything Nova Technologies released, with the particular mixture of awe and analysis that had become the default register for anything attached to the company's name.
But the boardrooms were quieter. And the quiet had a different texture.
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The pharmaceutical sector moved fast, but not in any direction anyone outside those rooms would see.
The "What We Are Not Looking For" section had been read, reread, and forwarded up chains of command within an hour of the announcement dropping. Legal teams were pulled into emergency calls.
