The Hearing

On her screen was a leaked memo from Horizon Gate to Senate staff. It claimed Atlas had received unauthorized future market data from a government source. It was absurd, but it contained one phrase that froze him. Twenty-four-hour informational asymmetry. Nora watched his face. She saw too much. "Tell me that phrase means nothing," she said. Ethan could have lied better if Marcus had not been standing there. At 4:07, the digest arrived on his phone. 1. Nora Vale identifies phrase as non-public wording from Horizon memo. 2. Victor Sloane receives anonymous email at 5:12 p.m. containing one accurate future event. 3. Sloane believes Ethan sent it. 4. Marcus Vale did not send it. 5. Personal note: the signal is recruiting enemies.