At the standby command, #183's arms dropped down to his sides again in a somewhat passive gesture, and he simply stood standing stock still while the others talked. He tried not to move too much, in case he was seen to be disobeying an order but he tilted his head down a little to look at the metal on his arm dissolving. Concerned, he snapped back to standing still in case anyone had noticed his movements. No-one had said anything yet, so he risked a chance of looking at the liquid in the channel beside him.<br/>The overseer called out they they were going to be moving, so he looked away from the murky liquid and took up position behind her, better to follow her where she moved. His footsteps were heavy and loud with the echo'se of the waterway system, with the occasional scrape of metal against stone being the only noise he made.