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[At the equivalent of 03:45 AM, you're getting a voice message ~~because fuck your text feature~~. ]

Right, question.

Actually two.

First: Imagine you're being chased for a long time. You're unarmed, and yer injured. About to keel over. You can only carry one thing as you're running: a cell phone [a pause, and a rustle - he's waving his hand] or whatever you people use to communicate; or some food.

Which one do you take, and why?

Second question: who here can deal with high tech gadgets? I got a thing that needs checking before we head to the next mission.

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Why d'ya think that?

You could've asked about hobbies, or favorites.

[Snort.] Where's the use in that?

You said you wanted to get to know us better.

There's knowing what color they like best and there's knowing what their first instincts are when shit hits the fan. I prefer to know the latter...

[as an afterthought] it's not like I can see colors, anyway.

I mean, it was pretty obvious you asked for tactical reasons.

I thought it would be. Been getting some replies that it sounds suspicious, for some reason.

[Does he sound like he blames them? Nope. He's actually amused.]

It's because most of these recruits don't recognize an attempt to solicit information for tactical purposes. They just think you're weird.

Heh, think they already thought that before I sent this out.

[A tiny bit more serious:] But you're right, they don't. And they reply accordingly, too.

Not unexpected.

[Considering.]

Which part?

The part where they didn't realize you were doing this as a bid to gather information, and the part where they reply accordingly.

True. [There's a bit of a shuffle. He's rubbing his neck and the sound is close to the BCE to pick it up.] Then again I guess COST isn't really known for its penchant for expertise.