I was asked by a computer, a shadow on the wall
An image made by Virgil to rule over us all
To amplify the sirens and to find real amends
I'm through the echo-chambers to other worlds away
- Gorillaz, Busted and Blue
It had been over a month since the incident at Burger Factory. And it had not ended well for Kaydence.
Crime was, by the very design of the city, difficult to do in Neo Manhattan. Oh, people tried all the time, but between the digital and physical surveillance, the AutoCops, financial incentives and citizens more than willing to snitch on each other, criminals tended to last as long in this city as spiders in a bath. The most criminal one could be here was in cybercrime - picksocketing, theft of data, creation of illegal braindances, virus-based vandalism. And even that carried the risk of having armed AutoCops kicking your door down at three in the morning.
But it happened enough that a legal system existed, even on this planet. One that, much to her own surprise, Kaydence had ended up being dragged through.
