The rumour is not that Blackridge lacks money. The rumour is that moving it at the right moment requires senior approval, and senior approval waits for a story it can defend later, language that sounds like prudence until you place it beside a lender clock. That means the lender can be ready before Blackridge is. It also means the delay has paperwork somewhere: rationales, timestamps, initials, the soft violence of “process” that keeps firms alive and people sane until it doesn’t. You listen to the rumour the way you listen to a customer’s threat, calm surface, dangerous current. You write a note to yourself and realise your handwriting has changed. Tighter. Smaller. Afraid of being seen. [[Marc Emergency Cash Note|Read Marc's emergency cash note]]