"I'd also like you or anyone else not to kill me by accident," Kiriya returns dryly. He can't exactly defend himself in the usual way and apparently shapeshifting cancels out pixelating. Seems like an oversight to him.

The laugh he lets out sounds more like a snort, but it counts. It doesn't not help, after all. "Right. Consider it payment if we get that far." And he can just. Hope it won't. Or start planning payback now, either way.

"What are you and your entourage up to?"