She would buy again on Thursday.

She always did.

Step two: Identify. The Funnel scraped the user’s micro-expressions via their laptop camera. A woman in Ohio blinked twice, fast. That meant suppressed anxiety. Leo tagged her: Anxious, mid-spend, susceptible to pseudo-authority.

Priya shrugged. “Same thing. Just map it: insecurity > panic > newsletter signup > $79 subscription. Use the ‘grandma osteoporosis’ visual. Tests well with 25-to-34-year-old males who don’t call their mothers.”

Below it, three buttons: [YES, SHOW ME PRODUCTS] [NO, BUT I’LL BE BACK] [I AM NOT A CONSUMER. I AM A HOLLOW POINT IN YOUR ALGORITHM.] Leo clicked the third.

He sat down. Opened a private browser. Typed his own name.