I think we should be wary of what we say in front of Spit, certainly, but we should also say something that let's Hark know that we have a solution, she needs something to hold onto right now. Something like,
"We have a way around that too, if you come to our base. Just tell us what kind of body you'd like and we can swap you out of that one, which would mean no collar, no Spit. I understand if you don't trust us enough to come to our base just yet, but please know that that's an option. We can work around this."
edit: also I second mentioning that this is what we did to Seaspray, and that's why they look how they do. To help reinforce that we've done this successfully and safely before.
"We have a way around that too, if you come to our base. Just tell us what kind of body you'd like and we can swap you out of that one, which would mean no collar, no Spit. I understand if you don't trust us enough to come to our base just yet, but please know that that's an option. We can work around this."
edit: also I second mentioning that this is what we did to Seaspray, and that's why they look how they do. To help reinforce that we've done this successfully and safely before.