[Video]

[knightoflight]

[It's a slightly harried looking Wing who appears on the communicator. He doesn't look injured, just...stressed out, his gold optics dim and tarnished-looking.]

H-has anyone else seen Dr. Liara T'Soni?  I mean recently?  I swore I saw her. But...[He looks around, almost on edge, and the camera moves to show that Wing's in a dead-end corridor. He's chased what he thought was her--and was definitely something--down here.] But, well, you can see. 

If she's here, she

[....and then he goes blank for six or seven long seconds, almost like he's been shut off, but then he starts speaking, continuing the sentence as if nothing had happened.]

needs our help.

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[Encrypted Video]

[standsentinel]

[Kaidan's response comes in clipped and quietly forceful tones, the military air to his bearing coming into sharp focus and revealing someone who's learned to give commands.]

What's your specific location? I need a detailed description of what happened and when.

[There's something cagey in his expression, evidence of unquiet ghosts beneath the controlled concern.]

[Encrypted Video]

[knightoflight]

[The tone of voice is sharp, but he remembers that Kaidan had known Dr T'Soni.]

I saw her first by the first bay of pods. I called out to her, because, well, I was surprised to see her. And she fled--or moved down the corridor. I followed her--I thought--down here by engineering.

[Encrypted Video]

[standsentinel]

You say 'or' moved down the corridor, like you're not sure if she was fleeing or not. Was she responding to you, or giving any other sign of seeing you?

[If you can get past the sharp focus from the normally calm major, it sounds like someone may be testing a theory rather than hearing something wholly new.]

[Encrypted Video]

[knightoflight]

I thought she was running, because she was moving away. But as I'm remembering, I don't recall hearing footsteps.

[He shakes his head.] No, she gave no sign except moving away.

[Encrypted Video]

[standsentinel]

Did she seem scared at all? Angry? Or just going about her business?

I... you're not the only one to see her.

[Encrypted Video]

[knightoflight]

I couldn't tell. Her expressions were hard for me to read.

[He sounds apologetic.]

...you've seen her too? [Almost a rush of relief: he's been beginning to think he was seeing things.]

[Encrypted Video]

[standsentinel]

Yeah.

[There's a lot left unsaid in that simple confirmation. Kaidan scrubs a hand across his face and looks weary.]

If it happens again and you have any sort of sensors or recording equipment on you, get what you can. There's... not a lot we can do except keep looking and try to learn more, I think.