The First Time
There were many things he could appreciate about her.
Even before she'd said two words to him, it registered somewhere in the back of his mind that she didn't look at him with apprehension. Or worse, disdain (as so many humans did). In fact, she looked mildly amused as she quietly watched his exchange with Executor Pallin, and he didn't know whether he should be concerned by this or not.
Having apparently been dismissed by Pallin, he turned his attention to her. He noticed the N7 symbol on her armor, and suddenly it clicked. The small human woman in front of him was Commander Shepard. He had thought she looked familiar, but human faces were difficult for him to place, with their various shades of flesh and their brightly colored hair.
They all looked so...different.
Old vids and news reports flashed through his mind; sole survivor of a brutal thresher maw attack - even the Batarian slavers who had attacked her colony couldn't beat this human into submission.
He could appreciate that.
She seemed to be hovering on the edge of introducing herself and walking straight past him, so he took his chance while he could. He knew the Council members were in session, discussing their favorite Spectre - why else would Commander Shepard be heading their way? She was involved in this somehow. The moment he mentioned his investigation into Saren, her mouth set in a thin line and the hair above her eyes - eyebrows? - drew together.
Human expressions were so complicated and varied, but apparently, grim determination translated well across species.
"Sounds like you really want to bring him down."
He did. A small voice in the back of his head (the one that usually got him into trouble) told him that he had a better chance of nailing Saren to the wall if he had Shepard's help. So he told her what he knew. Or rather, what he didn't know.
"Good luck Shepard. Maybe they'll listen to you."
The scoff from the dark-haired woman next to Shepard made him uneasy - perhaps they were caught up in red tape, too - but as he watched them walk towards the Council, he had a feeling that if anyone could dig up some dirt on Saren, it would be Shepard.
He hoped he'd be there to see it.