He was answering before the questions finished. Monday morning brief. New outdoor apparel client - small New Mexico manufacturer, third-generation family, genuinely good at the thing. The week is organized before it starts. That's Travis. But Clark is two beats ahead of every question, running the whole week in his head while being polite about waiting for the room to catch up. Travis clocks it from the side of his vision. Alexis clocks it too. Both reading the same weather. Clark blocks off Tuesday morning on the shared calendar. An hour and a half. No description. Just the time. Travis doesn't ask. He knows better. Featured: Travis Stone, division head. Clark Edwards, principal. Alexis Parker, strategist. The Marfa Mavericks is a daily fiction podcast about a creative agency in West Texas. New episodes every morning. Listen in order or do not. Follow the world at @marfamavericks on Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads, and Bluesky. . . . | ai-assisted fiction