The reverberations from the symposium were not a single thunderclap, but a series of tremors, each revealing a new crack in the carefully maintained façade. Amelia's question, and her identification, became a piece of insider gossip that snaked through the digital and real-world corridors of power. She was no longer just "the whistleblower's girlfriend" or "Sterling's daughter." She was now "the girl who challenged Thorne to his face."
The "Ethical Capital Review" published a full transcript of the exchange, accompanied by a razor-sharp commentary from Leo, connecting the dots between Thorne's professed new ethics and the old, damning questions raised by Adrian's sentencing statement. It didn't go viral, but it circulated where it mattered: in the inboxes of policy wonks, the screens of disgruntled journalists, the chat groups of aspiring reformers.
