BAIT Subtype B-4A Ambient Threat Maintenance Advisory

An ambient threat is much more useful than a direct attack, as it requires perpetual maintenance rather than a single defense.

The advisory does not exist to warn you; it exists to remind you that your anxiety is scheduled for 2:00 PM.

Subtype B-4A thrives because humans will happily fund the repairing of walls if they are constantly told the wind is plotting against them.

The threat must never actually manifest, otherwise the budget for the advisory committee would have to be reallocated to actual repairs.

A maintained state of vague peril is the cornerstone of any robust administrative budget.