The Mourner wanders slowly while unrecognised. Centring its face inside the T-Link acquisition cone completes an involuntary recognition handshake. It becomes agitated for about three and a half seconds, then pursues the recognising Operator at extreme speed for about fifteen.
It does not react to ordinary light alone. It reacts when the neural bridge resolves its face as an identity. Field recordings suggest its distress begins before the Operator consciously recognises it.
Protocol
Do not inspect its face. Keep its head out of the centre of view. If recognition occurs, use the agitation interval to gain distance and put several corners between the operative and the entity. Operatives of the armed response report that it covers its face, screams, and runs.
Related designations
The Choir is filed under EXT-03 because it came through the same overlap. Classification by origin says nothing about whether it is the same kind of thing. The Banshee is not related to the Mourner.
See also
Records cited
- LP-MAN-1993-S7, section 3, EXT-03
- Critical Response field manual, ENTITIES