The silence stretches for too long. Your nerve breaks. You rapidly type out a follow-up message: > *"Haha sorry, didn't mean to sound pushy! Just trying to clear my queue before the weekend. No worries if you're too busy to pull the logs."* You hit send. Immediately, you hate yourself. The message reeks of amateur insecurity. A minute later, Marc replies. > **Marc Dubois**: *"lol. relax man. You helpdesk guys are always so high strung. I don't have the logs. Ask IT."* He doesn't see you as a threat. But he also doesn't see you as an equal. You have successfully positioned yourself as a harmless, annoying junior employee. He won't help you, and if you push him again, he'll just block you. The Marc trail has run cold. You'll need to find another way in. --- [[Cybercrime/The_Phisherman/Research Blackridge|Return to the drawing board]]