Short Basket
HelixGrid suppliers. Small AI surveillance vendors. A public cloud reseller. A chip cooling manufacturer Ethan had mentioned once to Marcus over dinner. Horizon Gate was drawing a chalk outline around the future company before the body existed.
Nora arrived at ten with the anonymous packet printed and tabbed. "Victor Sloane has a pattern. Leak, short, publish, moralize."
"Can you write that?" Ethan asked.
"Not without proof strong enough to survive his lawyers."
Ethan looked at Leo. "Can we prove the workstation?"
"Not legally. Technically, yes. Legally, I would like not to spend my twenties explaining packet headers to a judge."
Hannah Cho entered carrying a stack of engagement letters. "Good. Nobody is going to court before lunch."
