This is a small inspiration I got lying on a hospital bed after my appendectomy. I am normally terrible at writing conversations, but Mordin & Grunt are easier ones for me.
[Shepard, Mordin and Grunt are on Tuchanka after the latter two's Loyalty Missions.]
G: Ryncol hits aliens like ground glass. Never stopped them from trying though.
S: Yeah. I had Ryncol once. Didn't end well.
G: You can't do *everything* a Krogan does, Shepard. You may rank among the greatest Battlemasters as a warrrior, but no other species can drink like Krogans do.
M: Ahem. Allow me to interject. Salarians also have similarly high tolerance to inebriating substances. Unexpected, underlooked, like many other Salarian characteristics.
S: I'd never thought of that. I'd always thought of you guys as lightweight.
G: What were you saying?
S: Mordin's saying that Salarians can drink as well as Krogans.
G: Ahahahahahahaha. Good one little man! Now go back to pushing pencils.
M: Shocking incredulity! Salarian resistance to alcoholic intoxication scientifically well-established. Higher neural activities provide higher threshold for neural inhibition. Mechanism quite similar to Krogan neural redundancy. Faster metabolism also helps dissolve alcohol. Same as Krogan's increased body size.
G: Prove it!
M: Non-radioactive Ryncol does no damage to lower tissues. However, just as strong as an alcohol as regular Ryncol. Will gladly drink it to demonstrate.
S: Mordin? I never thought you'd drown you sorrows over the fall of your student with alcohol. Much less Krogan alcohol.
M: Explained already. Alcohols don't affect Salarians. Doing this merely to satisfy your curiosity. Will throw in 100 credits as bet, if you wish.
G: Go ahead! I wouldn't mind to see a Salarian sprawled in his own vomit. And here's 100 creds.
M: [Downs a mug full of Ryncol]
S&G: [Stares and waits]
M: [Downs another mug full of Ryncol]
M: ...
S&G: ...
S: You're not passing out.
G: Or puking blood.
M: The square of 631 is 398,161. The square of 632 is 399,424. The square of 633...
S: OK. You're not drunk.
G: Crapping varrens!
M: Was glad to satisfy your curiosity. Learning always a good thing.
S: Why do so many Krogan drinks have radioactive versions anyway?
G: The non-radioactive versions use distilled water. The radioactive versions use mineral water.
S: So?
G: It's mineral water from Tuchanka, Shepard.
