Nod.

"If there are some reds who want to go grey I'd be happier if you had private security. - suppose we could get you an alien who is willing to dye their hair..."

"The security would need training if they might have to be anything other than a show escort."

"It's fairly typical to pay tuition for ongoing training for your staff."

"It would be less 'ongoing', in this case."

"A bit. Once we announce aliens we'll also announce effective stun weapons, everybody'll need training in those."

Nod. "I think grey would not naively be a popular choice but I can probably find a few."

"Whyever not." Sigh. "We can make it painless and highly convenient for our neighbors but I'm not sure that'll be enough to get everybody in favor - not the places inclined to think that once you have your population rounded up for a procedure you already did the hard part -"

"Perhaps the angels, since they don't seem to mind their own abbreviated decontamination procedure, could go into red neighborhoods to provide the service."

"With cameras to verify, maybe."

"Of course. It would be a bit petty to worry about modesty under the circumstances."

"Doubt about whether everything happened acceptably serves no one. Will some of the reds be willing to continue doing their jobs by the Olvalan protocol until everyone's cleaned their reds and we can introduce robots safely?"

"It could be made a condition, I don't think there would be trouble about it."

Nod. "I'll email you with instructions about how to get everything set up, who to make appointments with, how to set up your staff, and so on."

Smile. "Thank you."

"Of course.

If people think to ask whether reds coordinate riots, I'd lie."

Nod.

"Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you."

"Do you have an idea about what manner of lie might be believable?"

"People who get spooked usually react right away, before their families can talk them down which of course they'd do given the chance."

"Mm."

"Sometimes the point isn't to convince people, it's to make them aware that the public story with which they can expect to be associated is one they find unobjectionable."

Nod.

"Everyone found it very discomfiting how appalled the aliens were but I don't think they all took the right lessons away from that."

"What did they take from it?"