She looks around, half expecting the weird white face to be hosting the show or tending bar, half seeking a small but powerful explosive device tucked under a table. A few seconds later she feels her terminal vibrate in covert emergency alert, and nearly jumps up to clear the room. Glancing down, she finds a red box on the screen: PROXIMATE OFFICER ALERT , meaning that she is the nearest investigator of the Witness to the scene of a serious crime and has been assigned the case. She feels a prickle of annoyance at the idea of taking on new business, and at being so rudely jerked from Break’s musical ministrations.