Inside the Room

confidence ledger. You can audit whether the process exists. You cannot access live internal reasoning." Daniel Ross spoke for the first time. "That makes the system unverifiable." Ethan smiled politely. "No, it makes the system not yours." The call cooled by ten degrees. Ross leaned closer to his camera. "For a company with no track record, you are very protective." "For a consultant, you are very interested in ownership." Nobody breathed. Margrave's chief risk officer asked for a recess. Priya muted the call and turned on Ethan. "You just accused their consultant of espionage." "I implied he had hobbies." "You are enjoying this too much."