The room felt off this morning, and she was trying to figure out why. Alexis Parker, three months in, with a desk in the corner she has not earned and is using anyway. People talk around her like furniture. They forget she can see. Being new, if you don't waste it, is a kind of superpower. This morning, a laptop closed when somebody walked past. Nobody else clocked it. Alexis did. She isn't saying. She's paying attention. The Outdoor Trend Report deep-dive went live. Twenty-seven and a podcast. She's not going to make it a whole thing. Featured: Alexis Parker, junior creative. The Marfa Mavericks is a daily fiction podcast about a creative agency in West Texas. New episodes weekday mornings. Listen in order or do not. Follow the world at @marfamavericks on Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads, and Bluesky. . . . | ai-assisted fiction