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principle: every prediction must state the counterargument. Elise asked only five questions. All of them hurt. "What stops a customer from trading on your alerts?" "Contracts, monitoring, delayed tiers, and refusing hedge funds until compliance is built." "What stops you?" The room went still. Ethan did not look away. "Fear." Elise's expression did not move. "That is not governance." "No," he said. "It is why we need governance." For the first time, she seemed satisfied. At 8:22, Nora stepped into the hallway with him. Rain scratched the windows behind her. "You could walk away," she said. "From Sloane?" "From all of it."