001 | Audio (Private) ◑ W010 - Wednesday Evening

[golden_retriever]

[ PRIVATE TO SHEPARD ]

It's me, Eliot. I'm back from the trade trip.

What the hell happened here?

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[femshep]

[She sounds a bit off, like the tail-end effects of all of the wrong kind of drugs are finally wearing off, but she answers pretty close to immediately.]

Lehnsherr called the Authorities down on our heads. They burnt the damn food and blew the hospital half to shit.

[golden_retriever]

Ah fuck. Food ain't a problem with the forest around, but yeah, saw the hospital. Saw the mess they left behind too.

What's more pressing? Rebuildin' or fortifyin' defenses?

[femshep]

Rebuild. They aren't coming back.

Not yet, anyway.

[golden_retriever]

I'll lend a hand.

I'm also lookin' for somebody. Heard of a Roni or Rem?

[femshep]

Locals. Roni leads the piss-poor excuse for a militia, and Rem's got just about everyone else.

[golden_retriever]

I was told if I want information, they're the ones to find.

[femshep]

Depends on what you're after.

[golden_retriever]

I wanna find out more about that domed place. Heard they might know where there's a guy who came from the inside.

[femshep]

[Her voice hardens just a bit, but not in anger.] I've been inside. What do you need to know?

[golden_retriever]

Seriously? [ Eliot paused and said quickly. ]

Let's meet up sometime.

[ Private setting or not, he doesn't like communicating things over devices that could be traced. ]

[femshep]

Hospital. Otherwise it'll have to wait. [And judging by the underlying tension in her tone, she's trying her hardest not to sound mutinous about that. It's safe to assume that she's more or less being detained.]

[golden_retriever]

I take it you're not part of the rebuildin' group. [ There was concern, but a whole lot more amusement in his tone. Since she was talking to him and could sound annoyed, she was obviously fine. ]

I'll see you there sometime, gonna see what I can help there anyway. You'll be there for a while? [ There, a bit more concern this time. ]

[femshep]

Involuntarily. [This single, stiff word is the only reply he gets.]

[golden_retriever]

[ His voice goes serious too when he sensed something amiss in her answer. ] We'll talk more when I see you. Get some rest.