In my experience, [And Kaidan smiles crookedly at calling up the experience of a lifetime about a tenth as long as Lyall's.] It's not something you can force. Even more when they've got some legitimate reasons to be suspicious of everyone like you. But don't sell yourself short just 'cause you haven't been given top secret clearance.

As for the Oracle... I don't know. She's old enough that there's rumours that place her nearly everywhere. Ship person, local, you name it. She's the only one I've heard of with that sort of predictive ability, though.