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[onebullet]

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[onebullet]

No. Not since you healed up.

[ A pause as she mulls the comparison over, scrolling back up to look at the crystal. ]

Scale of Cerberus goon to Human Reaper level of organic material?

[ ie: are the "organic bits" recognizably humanoid, or a fleshy smoothie. ]

[thearchangel]

Me either. Checked in with a couple others for their input - no word yet.

[His turn to pause, to check the mech bodies again.]

More toward the Cerberus end of the scale. Can’t tell what it was, but it still has shape.

[Not the Reaper Protein Shake, in other words.]

[onebullet]

Dammit

[ Considering the goons were Reaperized, the protein shake answer might have been more of a comfort. ]

Think these are from before or after your run in

[thearchangel]

I'd think 'after'. The tech here has always been a lot lower than what we're used to... nothing like this.

I'm trying to get more information out of this guy, but it's like trying to get a straight answer out of a hanar.

[A quick photo follows - candid, of his reluctant combat companion.]

All he says is "they're on settled islands".

[onebullet]

Real specific.

[ He sure does look like a prickly fellow, heh heh. ]

They referring to civilians or islands that don't move?

[thearchangel]

Tell me about it…

[it is so hard not to be Bad Cop worse cop with this guy.]

Populated places. I’ve tried asking island names and that’s been his answer.

[onebullet]

Maybe if you answer a riddle or three, he'll spill

[ It's a good job Garrus is there and not her - she'd have already snapped and chewed him out for being purposefully obtuse. ]

Why are they so unwilling to share if they apparently know so much

[thearchangel]

Oh, great. Love a good guessing game to get to the bottom of things.

[Honestly, he's slowly losing his own temper. The crystals, the Cerberus-like mechs... Definitely some nerves there.]

Hell if I know. Hang on -



Okay, got a little more out of him. He says they've been moving in search patterns when they're in settlement areas.

[onebullet]

[ Uh oh. ]

What the hell could they be looking for

[ Not exactly being what anyone could consider covert with so many weapons, as per the pile in his first picture - more "search and destroy" than simply "search". ]

More victims?

[thearchangel]

"Something or someone" was the only damn answer. Did catch them trying to intercept a group of locals, though.

["More victims" seems likely.]

... Or old ones.

[onebullet]

Did they open fire on them?

[thearchangel]

They did. Blew a wheel off their cart and everything.

[onebullet]

[ At least when Garrus and everyone else was taken, they were taken alive. If they don't care about the state of their victims now, well... ]

You think they'd have killed them given the chance?

[thearchangel]

Hard to say. Their weaponry isn't great... maybe it wouldn't have killed someone, but I didn't want to give them the chance.

I do know they weren't exactly being careful of organic targets.

[onebullet]

Getting some serious deja vu from all of this

[thearchangel]

You and I both. I’ll step up my routes and



Oh what the hell. He’s trying to destroy the weapons I stripped from these things, hold on

[Hopefully that text conveys the utter exasperation he’s currently feeling. This guy!!]

[onebullet]

[ Not having the context of Garrus's experience, only getting pieces through text, Shepard has the entirely wrong end of the stick when it comes to Mr. The Hedgehog. ]

Would it be worth bringing this guy in for questioning? Sounds suspicious as hell

[thearchangel]

[Give him a minute - he'll be back to explain once he's sure his stash isn't going to get wrecked.]

It does, but he came off as one of those "these shouldn't fall into the wrong hands" types. He's been smashing crystals too.

That, and the least helpful person on this wet rock. Unless "hmph" means more in his language than any other in the galaxy.

[onebullet]

[ She's still unsure, he could be a "destroy the evidence" kinda guy too. But she'll trust Garrus's judgement, him actually being there and all. ]

Alright

Not a fan of your jokes huh

[thearchangel]

[Well, that's a welcome breath of levity -]

I'm starting to think you're the only one here who appreciates good comedy.

[onebullet]

What can I say

I'm a woman of taste

[thearchangel]

In all things but dance

[... hold up.]

Tell me I'm not allowed to shoot him. I think my patience is gone.

[onebullet]

No chance of any more info if you do that. Gonna have to grin and bear it.

[thearchangel]

Damn. I know I asked, but part of me was hoping you'd say fire away.

[onebullet]

You know I'm not above using a persuasive bullet

But he looks like you'd take an entire limb off if you shot one

[ ... ]

Also he might be completely innocent.