Hi Jenny! Thanks for your questions. We've answered the empathy one over on the FAQ, so we'll just address the PI one now.
Private Investigation in the world of Meadowlark is quite different than it is in current times. Though of course some feet-on-the-street work is still necessary, by and large the kind of information they'd be looking to dig into would now be wholly digital, and subject to much of the same heightened security which everything digital is in this world, being such a large portion of people's lives. As such, PIs are largely hackers who have turned their hands to investigative work, or sometimes investigators who have developed some advanced hacking skills.
As hacking is illegal, these PIs are not licensed (and licensed PIs, being unable to do too much illegal work, have ended up falling by the wayside). Lawyers and other well-connected people do use them, but it's very much hush-hush and under the table.
If Kate wanted to pursue this path, she would first need to work on learning the tech of the world, and developing some very, very advanced hacking skills.
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Private Investigation in the world of Meadowlark is quite different than it is in current times. Though of course some feet-on-the-street work is still necessary, by and large the kind of information they'd be looking to dig into would now be wholly digital, and subject to much of the same heightened security which everything digital is in this world, being such a large portion of people's lives. As such, PIs are largely hackers who have turned their hands to investigative work, or sometimes investigators who have developed some advanced hacking skills.
As hacking is illegal, these PIs are not licensed (and licensed PIs, being unable to do too much illegal work, have ended up falling by the wayside). Lawyers and other well-connected people do use them, but it's very much hush-hush and under the table.
If Kate wanted to pursue this path, she would first need to work on learning the tech of the world, and developing some very, very advanced hacking skills.