"I'm winning against the entire global financial system," I corrected. "There's a difference. Stealing implies taking something that doesn't belong to me. This is just superior strategy. Better algorithms. Faster execution. They had the same opportunities—they were just too slow and too stupid to capitalize on them."
"Master has a point," ARIA said. "Though I should mention—the secret trading is operating at significantly higher risk than Liberation Funds."
"If anyone figured out what we're doing—"
"They won't," I said flatly. "Because you're too good at covering our tracks. And because the sheer scale of what we're doing is so far beyond what they think is possible that even if they saw evidence, they'd dismiss it as data errors or coincidence."
"True. Though it's nice to hear you say it."
The Maybach climbed higher into the hills, city lights falling away behind us.
"ARIA?"
"Yes?"
