It's been two months since Malcolm arrived in Vallo and he knows that he needs to start trying to settle in here. As much as he'd stubbornly rather pretend that he's going to wake up in his bed tomorrow, that hasn't happened so far. It seems he's going to be here for an extended period of time, and that means that a few things need to happen.
Primarily, he needs to find a job. Seeing as how the only thing he ever wants to do with his time is solve murders, that puts him in a somewhat limited career path. He plans to go make some inquiries at the police station and also see what other freelance work might be around. There always seems to be something off happening in this strange city, so he might not lack for investigations.
On the way out of the apartment building, he runs into someone coming in, someone that he recognizes from the network. "Hey," he says. "Alex?" Malcolm's fairly sure that it's her, but he doesn't want to feel like an idiot if he's mistaken this woman for someone else.