**Title: *Candi Kane and the Relentless Factory*** --- Candi Kane leaned over the automated con...

**Title: *Candi Kane and the Relentless Factory*** --- Candi Kane leaned over the automated conveyor belt, her eyes wide with wonder as an endless river of chocolates, gummies, and hard candies whizzed past. The factory hummed with mechanical precision, a symphony of whirring motors and clicking pistons—Sharon Taylor’s masterpiece. A fully automated candy empire, designed to run without a single human touch. And right now, Candi was the *only* human inside. She adjusted her stance, her short