{For a moment boyish excitement flickered, at the idea of the teleport, but the mention of the census damps that down fast. He's been involved in government in one form or another his entire life, and he knows bureaucratic BS when it shows up. And he doesn't like it forcing him to fill in the blanks.]

Yes. The last few days have handed me my first taste of the dark side of Mayfield. That census is... nasty. And Mayfield wouldn't let me fake much. The best I managed to was to tell the truth with some, er, manipulation of tone. But it's an ugly thing.

I'm told we can expect trouble, soon. But so near as I can determine, there's really no way to prepare. Is that true?