“If our security team killed her, just tell me.” Will shook his head. “That would have been the wrong move. Her people would have made her into a martyr, claimed we were afraid of what she ‘knew.’ In fact, her benefactors may have been hoping we would kill her, for that very reason. To stop a movement like that, you need to make it socially radioactive, make it clear that anyone who joins is instantly lowering their own social status. She came off like a clown and the moment was captured on camera for all time. That’s a better outcome, in terms of nullifying the threat.”
