"Damnit, Alenko!" Trick shouted as the hamster darted between his legs again.
He's been in engineering for an hour chasing the hamster.
"Why am I down here by myself? I should order the crew down here to help," he muttered.
"Shepard?" A voice said from the stairs.
"Down here, Liara!" He shouted.
"Adams told Joker that you have been down here shouting for an hour," she said walking into the small area that Jack used to call her room.
"My hamster's down here," Trick replied.
"You have a hamster?"
"Yeah, picked him up last time."
"You and your love for animals," Liara said with a smile.
"Yeah," Trick said not really paying attention to the asari. The hamster darted between Trick's legs again. "Damnit, Alenko!"
"You named your hamster Alenko?" Liara asked.
"Um... Yeah..." Trick said.
"That's so precious."
"Never mention that to Kaidan."
"It's sweet!" Even being the Shadow Broker did not stop Liara from sometimes being annoyingly girly.
"He probably won't think so. He has a tendency to hate everything I do now."
"He doesn't. He's just worried about you. Cares for you."
"We are not discussing Kaidan."
"No, I suppose not. We are discussing your hamster. Which you named after the man you love."
"I don't love Kaidan. I am attracted to him. Enjoy his company. Not love."
"Not yet."
Trick sighed and ran his hand over his shaved head.
The hamster poked it's head out. Liara caught him in a stasis field, releasing him when Trick picked him up.
"Thanks, Liara," Trick said.
"You're welcome," she said. "You should really tell Kaidan how you feel. He lost you. You almost lost him on Mars. Soon the Goddess will stop giving you two chances."
Trick nodded, petting the hamster in his hand.