Paul waves a hand at Rick's well-meant apology, settling back into his seat with a weary sigh.
Regarding the fingerprints, he went on, "Yeah. If something happens-- break-ins, whatever-- I'd at least like to have the option to rule out people using physical evidence. Right now, in terms of all the infrastructure we are used to having in the real world...? We have nothing, no criminal records, no databases of any sort.
"We are all also operating with the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. Example:
"On my arrival I was greeted by another.... cop--" (simplest way to describe Cain) "--who was very helpful in orienting me to basic facts of the city, he'd been here longer than me, all that. I found out about vampires due to another citizen, and it only came out very recently that this other cop of mine didn't know about them, despite having been here longer.
"So the sort of problems we're dealing with here are the lack of communication, that's a big one. There's been.... one stab at organization, but it didn't get very far.
"Our lack of infrastructure and organization is evident in other areas: the zombies, for instance. In the real world, we have things like 911 emergency services to help alert people to threats. Here... nothing. We're going to have to create these things from the ground up. Organize patrols, maybe."
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Regarding the fingerprints, he went on, "Yeah. If something happens-- break-ins, whatever-- I'd at least like to have the option to rule out people using physical evidence. Right now, in terms of all the infrastructure we are used to having in the real world...? We have nothing, no criminal records, no databases of any sort.
"We are all also operating with the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. Example:
"On my arrival I was greeted by another.... cop--" (simplest way to describe Cain) "--who was very helpful in orienting me to basic facts of the city, he'd been here longer than me, all that. I found out about vampires due to another citizen, and it only came out very recently that this other cop of mine didn't know about them, despite having been here longer.
"So the sort of problems we're dealing with here are the lack of communication, that's a big one. There's been.... one stab at organization, but it didn't get very far.
"Our lack of infrastructure and organization is evident in other areas: the zombies, for instance. In the real world, we have things like 911 emergency services to help alert people to threats. Here... nothing. We're going to have to create these things from the ground up. Organize patrols, maybe."