It shouldn't be a difficult question.

Code and contract.
The first duty of a Tradeliner is to-

That's not what he's asking. Ari opens her mouth, and then closes it again. Her philosophy? Sometimes she thinks it would fill a book, and sometimes it feels like nothing at all.

'Hope,' she finally answers, suddenly solemn. 'That this nightmare will end. Clinging to hope like I'm staring down the black and it's my only tether.'