They meet up, not just to share tips and ideas but also to get reassurance, reinforcement: to renew their fear. They needed to check that there was a real threat, a real chance of the End. They got together to remind each other. Brands were there of course selling the latest printers, fab-labs, organic generators and of course power supplies. They were expensive. No point in selling subscriptions or ad supported deals, but there was a market. They weren’t refusers. The large models would be gone but they knew they’d need Agents. The Company was there selling its off-grid models.