"Stability at the cost of diversity," Elias said. "That's the moral hazard."

Maya thought about how the initials on the note matched none of the manufacturers she'd seen. Maybe the people who wrote them had known the eventual user: someone with idealism and an itch; someone who would weigh the world between safety and variety. Had they written the note as a warning, or a plea?

"The conversation," Maya replied. "For now, that's the update."

"Because it’s built for scale," Maya said. "And because '4K' sounded cool on those fake spec sheets." She had a half-joke for everything now. Humor kept the edge from breaking.