She watched the price. It was hypnotic. It gently pulsed, fluctuated, rising and falling in gentle and occasionally sudden movements. The contract negotiations were complete. The Agents had settled on the range of prices for the work. But now, as the work was underway, the final price shifted within that range. As the price of tokens rose and fell, as power costs spiked, the price shifted within the agreed range. She didn’t need to do anything, couldn’t do anything. Her job was to tell the humans on the job what their budget was. They took it better from a human.