Marc asks which team you sit with and who looped you into the discussion. The questions arrive casually, like small talk, but you feel their weight the way you feel a customer’s voice shift a half-tone before they ask for a supervisor. It is not a formal challenge, but it is the first sign that he has remembered how people get fired, remembered that “helpful stranger” is not a stable category in a bank. You stare at the screen and try to decide how much honesty can survive inside a lie. Too much softness and you look guilty. Too much steel and you look like law enforcement. You can soften the exchange, or you can let suspicion harden into procedure. Neither option tastes clean. [[Cybercrime/The_Phisherman/Marc Safe Recovery|Try to smooth things over]] [[Marc Gets Suspicious|Push harder]]