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[By the background, Kaidan, outwardly a normal-looking dark haired man in his mid-30s, is still on the ship. Still beside the pod that's disgorged him even, as a blurry nameplate can be made out behind him if you squint. His own communicator has come to him in the form of a datapad, which he's currently holding out in from of him with the slight abstracted furrow to his brow commonly seen amongst iPad users as they try to make sure the camera's focusing. Some things carry down across centuries, apparently.]

Look. I don't know where the hell I am, but this sure as hell isn't the shuttle down to Vancouver. Everything's saying 'ship', but I'm not hearing engine noise and what little I've seen says this thing is way too big to be stealthed.

And there's another thing--

[He turns the datapad to let its camera pickup take in the pods along the corridor.]

That's not normal cryostasis like I'd call it. It looks more like prothean tech. So if anyone's picking up on this frequency, I could use a few answers.

[After a moment more, he stares at the camera and awkwardly rubs at the back of his neck with one hand as he's recalled to manners and lets the irritated command slide out of his voice.]

Uh. Please?

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--Liara?

[It's not that he's not glad to see a familiar face, but a ship with tech alien to his eyes, and unfamiliarly alien at that, is not exactly where he expected to find someone he knows.

On the other hand, finding Dr. Liara T'Soni in the middle of an unknown vessel is a case of 'where else would she be?'.]

Is this some sort of bizarre first contact thing? Or the rachni or something?

I am not entirely certain. I have only just awoken here myself, and have not yet had a chance to familiarize myself with the available information. If the vessel were closer to your fleet's design, my first guess would have been Cerberus.

[A small frown flits across her face, tightening abstraction into focus.]

Do you have your omni-tool? It might be prudent to meet and continue searching for answers together.

Wouldn't that be wonderful. [Kaidan: still wants to biotically punch The Illusive Man in the face.]

I don't think this is human, though -- or at least not any 'human' I'm aquainted with. It feels familiar, but it feels wrong, too... and yeah. I'll set up a ping to yours now.

[And so he does.]

No, it does not appear to be. The timing is merely...inconvenient.

[And isn't that word loaded with half again as much meaning as it should be.]

I will see you soon, Major.

Count on it -- seems like Shepard's here too, so we're going to meet up.

[Something caught between wistful and worried creeps into his expression, and edges up against his tone.]

Any sign of others?

I have not seen anything, but this vessel seems...large. [This is an understatement.] If they are here, we will find them.

[She smiles, small and encouraging. She doesn't really feel it - but someone has to.]

I will see you once you've caught up with the Commander.

Liara. [Her tone's almost warm and almost relieved, but right now she's too caught up on the 'Kaidan' thing to spend too much time on a joyous reunion.]

Borrowing Alenko for a minute, then we'll both find you.

That is, assuming I'm invited. [This last bit has a note of dry humor. Of course she's invited, she's just tacking that on because Liara's got enough of Shepard's respect to have the option of saying no.]

Of course, Commander.

[Warmth answers almost-warmth - and, perhaps more tellingly, Liara does not sound at all surprised to hear from Shepard.]

I will attempt to make some sense of this.

[And not get caught behind a barrier curtain this time, thankfully.]

Sense... things are going to make sense now?

[Kaidan pairs that with a huff of a laugh.]

Look forward to catching up with you, Liara. Commander, I'm right by my, uh, pod, if you know where that is. If you've got your omni-tool online I can ping that too.

I know where it is. [She's seen it before. And lost more than a little sleep since, not that she'll admit it.]

If anyone can, it's you. [And with that vote of good faith, she's ending the conversation, unless Liara has anything else to say. Sorry, Liara, she's got undead lieutenants to attend to.]

[Liara has a thousand questions to ask, but while she's not aware of Kaidan's undead status, she can pick up on undercurrents.

So she'll ask them once they're face to face.]

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