[Of course, it's almost the polar opposite of obliviousness. Fraser knows very well what's going on today. All too well. But this is life for them, for police, every day, just as it's always been, and he's seen what happens to the men who become too embittered.

After all, one of them seems to be his inmate.]

Yes, sir. I suppose you wouldn't know this, but my last posting actually was as a liaison officer, so I may be uniquely suited to the task.