The woman in the corner ( The Statue ) had her heels shaved down by two millimeters. She could stand for nine hours without her ankles swelling. A secret mercy.
The Statue kicked off her modified heels. They made a soft thump under the desk. office 2x2 formal attire template female
The woman on the left (Mina called her Sloan 2.0 ) had replaced her base layer’s zipper with a magnetic closure. Silent. No chance of a stuck zipper during a market drop. A technological heresy. The woman in the corner ( The Statue
Mina retied her noose. Sloan 2.0 zipped up. The Statue slipped her feet back into the shaved heels. office 2x2 formal attire template female
Aethelgard & Sloan , a high-frequency trading firm on Wall Street.