He was the longest serving human. There had been others, in fact there were quite a few humans in the business. He was glad. It made the Christmas party less bleak. Most companies now kept a team of humans in the mix. The data showed – and therefore the Agents recommended – they added value, for a short time before they needed refreshing. New blood. New imagination. He wasn’t sure why he was kept on. He kept coming up with things that he thought were creative but he’d never had the “conversation”. In fact he wondered if they knew he was there.