What do you do if you're toxic as hell to everyone around you? That's what she's scared of here. She might get fucked up by a cop or she might not, and she's taking pains to avoid that, but she can't protect everyone around her. The nightmare scenario is that it somehow bounced onto Mattie or Sasha. She's taken great pains to make that as expensive as she can: it's possible, nothing can keep anybody perfectly safe, but it's highly unlikely. But Skels? Anthropozine folks? Her neighbors? Nadine, Thomas, Muhammad, and the rest of the impromptu ring of people who survived Dhyana and managed to get released? (She's going to reach out to the old guy that was on the train and invite him, if it all finally blows over.)

They're all vulnerable, because she drew far, far too much heat. Again.

She's sent out texts warning folks when this all started, about the police commissar and unwanted media attention, but you do not text people "beware for cop ambush" from your personal phone when you're trying to look innocent. Right now, she's trying to figure out the best way to get the message out to duck and cover. And she's doing that from a nice street market on the other side of the section. Lots of people watching, very few cameras, great excuse to pick up a burner phone and some food.