Radio audio, evening.

[firstsoldier]

[It's that guy again! He still sounds pleasant at least.]

I wish to make a suggestion that we find ways to make ourselves... visibly identifiable even when in monstrous forms, as members of the convoy and thus ideally not a marauding wild beast even if we are acting like one. Something beyond our often hidden sigils, that an unthinking creature is unlikely to imitate. What exactly, I am open to recommendations for. I suspect friend-or-foe ID chips might be beyond what this place is capable of.

[The rest sounds extremely reluctant.]

I don't have as much control of the ... thing ... I become as I would like, and though I am reasonably sure I can keep from doing serious intentional harm to allies, I can't guarantee my behavior might not match that of a feral creature and thus seem to be a viable target for hunting. Especially as it seems intent on establishing a ... pecking order, and aggressively.

... I suspect I'm not the only one who has such concerns. These changes are uncomfortably unpredictable.

Comments

[firstsoldier]

No, of course it doesn't.

[That's resignation, and no apparent offense at the sarcasm. He doesn't much like bright colors. At all.]

If it's for the general safety of the Convoy, if that's the route chosen, then I'll deal with it.

[serialmurderbot]

If you have opinions about which vivid color they choose, you'd better pick one yourself before they get set on one.

Humans have strong opinions on colors.

[It's seen multiple debates on colors over its time as a security lamppost. One turned into a fistfight it was obligated to break up.]

[firstsoldier]

My only strong objections are to colors unlikely to be selected, as they don't match the criteria of vivid.

[He still sounds displeased. He'll deal with it, that's the whole point of this.]

Day-glow orange safety vests will be tolerated if necessary. So far the only strong color opinion offered has been in favor of blue.

[serialmurderbot]

[It's trying to picture some of the monsters it's seen in safety vests, like the kind it's seen on the Preservation Port Authority now and then. It's a deeply silly mental image.]

Could be worse.

[firstsoldier]

Very much so. For now I am grateful worse has not been suggested.