Carla decided to use the only edge she had. "I have information from a well-placed source that Renraku—your competitor—has stolen your spell and is experimenting with it." She watched for a reaction, but wasn’t really surprised when she didn’t get one. She pressed on. "You can keep a lid on your own researchers, but not on the competition. Sooner or later—especially if Renraku’s experiments also start chewing up the Matrix—the Crash of 2029 will repeat itself.