But tools are greedy; they enlarge the appetite of whoever uses them. I learned the other lesson early: not everyone who wanted to recover a life sought truth. Some desired advantage, leverage, the ability to unmake a reputation quietly. RogueKiller could do both—restore a disappeared lineage or expose an old lover's secrets. Moral choices hardened into a ledger: who to help, who to refuse. I found myself policing the edge of a knife, imagining all the ways information could be weaponized.
But tools are greedy; they enlarge the appetite of whoever uses them. I learned the other lesson early: not everyone who wanted to recover a life sought truth. Some desired advantage, leverage, the ability to unmake a reputation quietly. RogueKiller could do both—restore a disappeared lineage or expose an old lover's secrets. Moral choices hardened into a ledger: who to help, who to refuse. I found myself policing the edge of a knife, imagining all the ways information could be weaponized.