Had Bit out for me, maybe that's what it could be, will link answer here once i get that stuff back, fresh launch just in case.
YUP! that was it!, red and green collars work, for green collar Byte dialogue plays but Fen's doesn't, not sure if that's intentional so figured I'd tell yall that.
As for the limit, I do think it would be nice but I can see how that could effect performance. Smart to have Byte comment on it though!