Keltham duly explains that if you commit a murder, not that you're supposed to, but if you do decide to defect from Civilization to that extent, you would obviously still want your murder victim to go into the deep cold so they don't get deprived of their Future.  Most people, when they commit murder, want somebody out of the way now, they don't want to destroy the person's soul.

So there's a Government service that murderers can call in to get the heads of their victims properly taken away for suspension, immediately after the victim dies.  And since Civilization absolutely does not want to disincentivize murderers from calling in this service, they're trained to come in without leaving any clues for the police that might make life harder on the murderer; and if they accidentally leave a clue anyways, the police would obviously ignore it.  These are the Surreptitious Head Removers, drawn from Civilization's reserve of law-abiding psychopaths to be people who can just come in, remove an innocent dead person's head in a way that doesn't create a lot of mess, not get drawn into any conversations with the murderer, and get out without anybody noticing them.

This does mean that Civilization's rare murder cases will often involve a fairly lengthy court case to prove that somebody found with their head missing was in fact murdered, but this is the price of otherwise optimal policy.

Keltham duly explains that if you commit a murder, not that you're supposed to, but if you do decide to defect from Civilization to that extent, you would obviously still want your murder victim to go into the deep cold so they don't get deprived of their Future.  Most people, when they commit murder, want somebody out of the way now, they don't want to destroy the person's soul.

So there's a Government service that murderers can call in to get the heads of their victims properly taken away for suspension, immediately after the victim dies.  And since Civilization absolutely does not want to disincentivize murderers from calling in this service, they're trained to come in without leaving any clues for the police that might make life harder on the murderer; and if they accidentally leave a clue anyways, the police would obviously ignore it.  These are the Surreptitious Head Removers, drawn from Civilization's reserve of law-abiding psychopaths to be people who are emotionally well-suited to come in, remove an innocent dead person's head in a way that doesn't create any additional mess for the murderer to clean up, not get drawn into any conversations with the murderer, and get out without anybody noticing them.

This does mean that Civilization's rare murder cases will often involve a fairly lengthy court case to prove that somebody found with their head missing was in fact murdered, but this is the price of otherwise optimal policy.

Keltham duly explains that if you commit a murder, not that you're supposed to, but if you do decide to defect from Civilization to that extent, you would obviously still want your murder victim to go into the deep cold so they don't get deprived of their Future.  Most people, when they commit murder, want somebody out of the way now, they don't want to destroy the person's soul.

So there's a Government service that murderers can call in to get the heads of their victims properly taken away for suspension, immediately after the victim dies.  And since Civilization absolutely does not want to disincentivize murderers from calling in this service, they're trained to come in without leaving any clues for the police that might make life harder on the murderer; and if they accidentally leave a clue anyways, the police would obviously ignore it.  These are the Surreptitious Head Removers, drawn from Civilization's reserve of law-abiding psychopaths to be people who are emotionally well-suited to come in, watch an innocent person die without helping them, immediately after remove their head in a way that doesn't create any additional mess for the murderer to clean up, not get drawn into any conversations with the murderer, and get out without anybody noticing them.

This does mean that Civilization's rare murder cases will often involve a fairly lengthy court case to prove that somebody found with their head missing was in fact murdered, but this is the price of otherwise optimal policy.

Keltham duly explains that if you commit a murder, not that you're supposed to, but if you do decide to defect from Civilization to that extent, you would obviously still want your murder victim to go into the deep cold so they don't get deprived of their Future.  Most people, when they commit murder, want somebody out of the way now, they don't want to destroy the person's soul.

So there's a Government service that murderers can call in to get the heads of their victims properly taken away for suspension, immediately after the victim dies.  And since Civilization absolutely does not want to disincentivize murderers from calling in this service, they're trained to come in without leaving any clues for the police that might make life harder on the murderer; and if they accidentally leave a clue anyways, the police would obviously ignore it.  These are the Surreptitious Head Removers, drawn from Civilization's reserve of law-abiding psychopaths to be people who are emotionally well-suited to come in, possibly watch an innocent person die without helping them, immediately after remove their head in a way that doesn't create any additional mess for the murderer to clean up, not get drawn into any conversations with the murderer, and get out without anybody noticing them.

This does mean that Civilization's rare murder cases will often involve a fairly lengthy court case to prove that somebody found with their head missing was in fact murdered, but this is the price of otherwise optimal policy.

Keltham duly explains that if you commit a murder, not that you're supposed to, but if you do decide to defect from Civilization to that extent, you would obviously still want your murder victim to go into the deep cold so they don't get deprived of their Future.  Most people, when they commit murder, want somebody out of the way now, they don't want to destroy the person's soul.

So there's a Government service that murderers can call in to get the heads of their victims properly taken away for suspension, immediately after the victim dies.  And since Civilization absolutely does not want to disincentivize murderers from calling in this service, they're trained to come in without leaving any clues for the police that might make life harder on the murderer; and if they accidentally leave a clue anyways, the police would obviously ignore it.  These are the Surreptitious Head Removers, drawn from Civilization's reserve of law-abiding psychopaths* to be people who are emotionally well-suited to come in, possibly watch an innocent person die without helping them, immediately after remove their head in a way that doesn't create any additional mess for the murderer to clean up, not get drawn into any conversations with the murderer, and get out without anybody noticing them.

This does mean that Civilization's rare murder cases will often involve a fairly lengthy court case to prove that somebody found with their head missing was in fact murdered, but this is the price of otherwise optimal policy.

(*)  Taldane of course does not have a precise term that means 'law-abiding psychopath', which is distinct by syllables from Baseline 'criminal psychopath' to emphasize how much these are absolutely different kinds of people; Keltham says roughly 'Lawful uncaring' here.

Keltham duly explains that if you commit a murder, not that you're supposed to, but if you do decide to defect from Civilization to that extent, you would obviously still want your murder victim to go into the deep cold so they don't get deprived of their Future.  Most people, when they commit murder, want somebody out of the way now, they don't want to destroy the person's soul.

So there's a Government service that murderers can call in to get the heads of their victims properly taken away for suspension, immediately after the victim dies.  And since Civilization absolutely does not want to disincentivize murderers from calling in this service, they're trained to come in without leaving any clues for the police that might make life harder on the murderer; and if they accidentally leave a clue anyways, the police would obviously ignore it.  These are the Surreptitious Head Removers, drawn from Civilization's reserve of law-abiding psychopaths* to be people who are emotionally well-suited to come in, possibly watch an innocent person die without helping them, immediately after remove their head in a way that doesn't create any additional mess for the murderer to clean up, not get drawn into any conversations with the murderer, and get out without anybody noticing them.

This does mean that Civilization's rare murder cases will often involve a fairly lengthy court case to prove that somebody found with their head missing was in fact murdered, but this is the price of otherwise optimal policy.

(*)  Taldane of course does not have a precise term corresponding to Baseline's 'law-abiding psychopath', which is distinct by syllables from Baseline 'criminal psychopath' to emphasize how much these are importantly different kinds of people.  Keltham says 'Lawful uncaring people'.

Keltham duly explains that if you commit a murder, not that you're supposed to, but if you do decide to defect from Civilization to that extent, you would obviously still want your murder victim to go into the deep cold so they don't get deprived of their Future.  Most people, when they commit murder, want somebody out of the way now, they don't want to destroy the person's soul.

So there's a Government service that murderers can call in to get the heads of their victims properly taken away for suspension, immediately after the victim dies.  And since Civilization absolutely does not want to disincentivize murderers from calling in this service, they're trained to come in without leaving any clues for the police that might make life harder on the murderer; and if they accidentally leave a clue anyways, the police would obviously ignore it.  These are the Surreptitious Head Removers, drawn from Civilization's reserve of law-abiding psychopaths* to be people who are emotionally well-suited to come in, possibly watch an innocent person die without helping them, immediately after remove their head in a way that doesn't create any additional mess for the murderer to clean up, not get drawn into any conversations with the murderer, and get out without anybody noticing them.

This does mean that Civilization's rare murder cases will often involve a fairly lengthy court case to prove that somebody found with their head missing was in fact murdered, but this is the price of otherwise optimal policy.

(*)  Taldane of course does not have a precise term corresponding to Baseline's 'law-abiding psychopath', which is distinct by syllables from Baseline 'criminal psychopath' to emphasize how much these are importantly different kinds of people.  Keltham says 'Lawful not-emotionally-caring people'.

Keltham explains that if you commit a murder, not that you're supposed to, but if you do decide to defect from Civilization to that extent, you would obviously still want your murder victim to go into the deep cold so they don't get deprived of their Future.  Most people, when they commit murder, want somebody out of the way now, they don't want to destroy the person's soul.

So there's a Government service that murderers can call in to get the heads of their victims properly taken away for suspension, immediately after the victim dies.  And since Civilization absolutely does not want to disincentivize murderers from calling in this service, they're trained to come in without leaving any clues for the police that might make life harder on the murderer; and if they accidentally leave a clue anyways, the police would obviously ignore it.  These are the Surreptitious Head Removers, drawn from Civilization's reserve of law-abiding psychopaths* to be people who are emotionally well-suited to come in, possibly watch an innocent person die without helping them, immediately after remove their head in a way that doesn't create any additional mess for the murderer to clean up, not get drawn into any conversations with the murderer, and get out without anybody noticing them.

This does mean that Civilization's rare murder cases will often involve a fairly lengthy court case to prove that somebody found with their head missing was in fact murdered, but this is the price of otherwise optimal policy.

(*)  Taldane of course does not have a precise term corresponding to Baseline's 'law-abiding psychopath', which is distinct by syllables from Baseline 'criminal psychopath' to emphasize how much these are importantly different kinds of people.  Keltham says 'Lawful not-emotionally-caring people'.

Well, if you commit a murder, not that you're supposed to, but if you do decide to defect from Civilization to that extent, you would obviously still want your murder victim to go into the deep cold so they don't get deprived of their Future.  Most people, when they commit murder, want somebody out of the way for now, they don't want to destroy the person's soul.

So there's a Government service that murderers can call in to get the heads of their victims properly taken away for suspension, immediately after the victim dies.  And since Civilization absolutely does not want to disincentivize murderers from calling in this service, they're trained to come in without leaving any clues for the police that might make life harder on the murderer; and if they accidentally leave a clue anyways, the police would obviously ignore it.  These are the Surreptitious Head Removers, drawn from Civilization's reserve of law-abiding psychopaths* to be people who are emotionally well-suited to come in, possibly watch an innocent person die without helping them, immediately after remove their head in a way that doesn't create any additional mess for the murderer to clean up, not get drawn into any conversations with the murderer, and get out without anybody noticing them.

This does mean that Civilization's rare murder cases will often involve a fairly lengthy court case to prove that somebody found with their head missing was in fact murdered, but this is the price of otherwise optimal policy.

(*)  Taldane of course does not have a precise term corresponding to Baseline's 'law-abiding psychopath', which is distinct by syllables from Baseline 'criminal psychopath' to emphasize how much these are importantly different kinds of people.  Keltham says 'Lawful not-emotionally-caring people'.