<Sensory input as a general category is stronger now that I'm free, but not by very much. You can try speaking sternly first if you wish. But the reflex is to perform an eshormat.>

Alloran curves his tail, with perfect fluidity, to press the curved blade against his own throat.

<The instinct is to swing blindly when startled, and that's what civilians do. Military training's good for something, eh?>