Patricia had said prepare for noise.
She had not been wrong.
By noon EchoTech's stock had dropped another eighteen percent. By two, four of the original Series A investors had released statements requesting transparency from the board. By four, a fifth investor — the largest check in the round — had contacted Horizon Ventures directly to ask Nathan what his recommended course of action was.
The @TruthOnEchoTech account posted the ruling at 12:01 p.m. — one sentence, the case number, a link to the public document. No commentary. No celebration. Just the fact, clean and sourced, the way every post had been.
It was shared two hundred thousand times by end of day.
Mia watched none of it in real time. She had made that decision before the ruling arrived — if it went well, she was not going
