Shannon shook her head. "We never get much information. Just the profile of the people who will be playing the game and the goals the client wants to accomplish."

"The client is a very high-profile hedge fund. They have a lot of money—billions—passing through their hands, so the CEO wanted to make sure he had a staff that worked well together to handle it all."

"And?" She made a "come on" gesture with her fingers.

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