You keep the pressure constant, reminders timed to land exactly when relief would have started to feel possible, follow-ups that read as procedural rather than personal. Panic works best when it never gets to rest. You do not know which meeting inside Blackridge finally moves the number, only that the number moves. You imagine a room full of people who have run out of better ideas, agreeing to the least documented version of surrender. Mango's silence after the transfer confirmation is the closest thing to praise you will ever get from him. [[Cybercrime/The_Phisherman/Blackridge Pays|See if Blackridge pays]]