That's what I'm trying to do. [ he's been wandering some. at first it was just to take in the fact of this city—the real sky, the real plants, the shockingly small number of other inhabitants. after that it had been to see how many buildings he could identify.

which leads to the problem. ] No security forces, though. [ he ticks it off on his fingers. that would have been his first guess. ] No police, no army either. [ another finger. ] No churches I could see. That was the last ditch, in case it was some kind of "you get your guns back when you repent for the people you've killed with them" kind of thing.

[ judging by the cavalier tone of heine's voice, he's not especially remorseful on that front. ]

Only place I haven't checked is the city hall.