She sighs, a deep, heartfelt sound. "And there are other advantages, too," she goes on steadily—dully now, almost mechanically, as if suppressing her emotions. "Theoretically, you could spread the bug in advance, years before you even start your terror campaign, whatever it is. The society or government doesn’t know it’s in trouble, so its security is low. After you start your campaign, security’s tightened up, but it doesn’t matter—you’ve already infected the victims. Then, when the time is right, you trigger the bug. Hell, you could even withhold the epidemic if you get what you want by other means, and nobody would ever know about it." She shudders. "You could bring down a government with this."