"Not at all." Sebastian was speaking less like he was answering the question, and more like he was figuring something out aloud.

"Maybe things are different since last time I did comred, so...well, sorry to assume. But typically, no, it would be possible to get a moment to yourself during dark testing. And dark mode is dark mode. There's no tracking or tracing. It's nanotech, so you can shrink the suit down for convenience while it's still shadowed like that. Is there, erm..."

He looked awkwardly at the squad.

"Is there anything stopping an operative from using one dark suit to transport another suit somewhere while it's both dark and miniaturised? Would they have been noticed?"