2184 Human AD(One year after events at the Citadel), Cerberus facility in the Traverse.
"Here" a trickle of rich red blood ran down Palius' arm as his skin rippled from the removal of the needle gun. "This should fix the mess those Cerberus goons have made"
"Hey Armind?"
"Yea"
"Why do you work for Cerberus? My brother says that they don't exactly like aliens." Armind's shoulders dropped slightly as he let out a drawn out breath.
"Well being a genius gave Cerberus enough reason to kidnap me, plus the free labour probably knocks a bit off their budget" Behind the masquerade of Armind's cheerful mood Palius noticed Armind stare up into the blank white ceiling for several seconds, his body frozen like a wax model, which was strange as Armind was usually bouncing from one task to another. A usual trait of a Salarian due to their short lifespan or the fear of being caught slacking by Cerberus motivated him.
"Don't worry, I'll get you out of here some day." Palius knew that however unlikely it may seem, it was in his human manner to inject reassurance into others. Surprisingly Armind responded almost immediately. "Well I hope it's soon..." He looked at Palius with large retired eyes and slightly wrinkled horns, both signs of ageing for a Salarian. A rung out noise abruptly filled Armind's surgery come laboratory; Palius hardly heard its muffled efforts to alert its owner. Armind however was frantically trying to find it in amongst his equipment and work, it was like he had heard the results of the galactilot and was trying to find his ticket.
"The assessment team wants to see you" Armind finally said once calmed from the lack of noise being emitted from his pager.
Palius groggily got up off the operating table. He always felt like shit after Cerberus mucked about with his biotic 'enhancers' although he considered them glorified red sand injectors, guaranteed to make you forget everything and feel shit in the morning. They were designed to inject the chemical that stimulated the manipulation of dark energies along with 3 state of the art L4vS2 biotic amplifiers, however the side effects of the drug were never able to be fully neutralised and any excess red sand would be ejected out of the nasal cavity. Plus he had to wear the gear of the applicator which consisted of two tubes, one ran over each of his shoulders at about the height of the ear lobe which entered his body either side in his upper chest area and ran down into his back just below his shoulder blade to the red sand storage container, situated on the outside of his lower back which took replaceable cartridges of Red Sand. Palius was glad to get out of the seemingly small white room which would always look larger once he'd stood up. He only liked going there to talk to Armind, not when he was lying on the operating table. "See ya" Palius said his black hair running over his forearm while rubbing his eyes. He was thinking of how he respected Armind's upbeat attitude despite his situation when he walked into the corner of the door way on his way out.
"Later" Armind replied in his usual upbeat tone whilst smirking with a shaking head.
Palius just seemed oblivious and powered on to his appointment.