Shepard finished up her story about retrieving Kolyat, she even explained what she had found on Tallied, which explained why she had killed the turian. Garrus and Kelly had joined Selene and Joker as she retold the story. They all wore amused expressions by the end, thinking it was funny how she had used the boy as a crash test dummy.

"I was wondering why his lip was cut," Kelly commented. Her eyes narrowed mischievously as she looked to the Commander, a grin playing on her lips, "You know, Kolyat is just as handsome as his father. Wouldn't you agree Shepard?" Kelly questioned slyly.

Selene rolled her eyes at the women. The Yeomen had been trying to figure out her relationship with Thane for months. Selene gave her no details about their relationship, allowing the woman to think what she wanted. She found it particularly funny when she heard rumors about her and the assassin, ranging from just being friends to they have been sleeping together the whole time. Selene knew Kelly wasn't the only person on the ship who gossiped about them, nor was she the only one who wanted to know more about their relationship, so she couldn't pinpoint where the rumors were coming from. Hell, Thane wasn't even the only male there were rumors about. Some people thought she was with Garrus, some thought it was Jacob, she had even heard that Grunt and Zaeed were possible candidates for her. The last two made her shudder, Grunt was becoming more of a son to her, especially after the Rite they completed a month ago. Zaeed was just a crazy old mercenary that she liked swapping stories with and learning what she could from him, in a way he was the grandfather she never had, so to think that people thought they might be together was disgusting. As for Garrus, Thane, and Jacob, she could see the appeal, they were all handsome men in their own right and she spent a great deal with all of them. But Thane was always seen with her where ever she went, so that was why he was receiving the brunt of the rumors. Garrus would be by her side as well the majority of the time too, but sometimes his calibrations took up a great deal of his time, so it just left her and Thane.

As for their relationship, it was strictly platonic. They had become extremely close in the few months they had been working together. Selene found him very interesting and his stoic manor made it even better when she joked around with him. She would throw sarcastic remarks to him constantly trying to get a rise out of him. When she finally did, his look was priceless and well worth the effort. She had learned that he had quite the sense of humor when you got to know him, and was able to figure out that he was actually joking. Also, he liked to shit talk when sparring, he had kicked her ass many times on the mats in the Cargo Bay but she was learning fast and now could hold her own with the assassin, but his smirking face and sarcastic remarks would cause her to lose focus or laugh in the beginning and that's when he would strike.

Thane had also told her about his wife and son, her heart went out to the man. She herself had told him about her twisted past back on Earth, about her dead beat dad and submissive mother. He had listened to her story wordlessly and without that judgmental look she was so used to everyone giving her when her past was brought up. He did not sympathies with her and she didn't do the same with him, neither one of them wanted sympathy. But they both were there for each other and Selene made it a point to help her friend move past his grief and guilt. She had already moved on from hers, the scars were still there of course, you could never completely be rid of them but they could heal, and hopefully, reuniting Thane with his son would help the healing process. Thane had already began to heal thankfully, he was opening up with the crew and smiling more and gaining a personality the longer he was on the ship, and Selene was pleased to see it. She prayed his asshole of a son cooperated and didn't set Thane back in what he called his 'battle sleep'.

Selene jumped down from the box she had been seated on as she calmly looked at Kelly, "I notice that Kolyat looks a lot like Thane but the scales, I wonder if he got them from his mother or just no two drell have the same coloring?" She trailed off looking to the elevator.

Kelly's eyes turned to slits as she looked to the Commander; annoyed that she wasn't able to get the answer she wanted from the woman. The only thing that had come close to an answer on whether or not the Commander saw Thane as an attractive man or a potential love interest was when she told her dangerous men fit right into her life. That still hadn't said anything about Thane, just that she liked dangerous men, which was the majority of the crew.

Garrus stepped in before Kelly could get off another question, "I remember seeing a few drell in my time with C-sec. Children do get their looks from both parents, so it's very likely that his mother had similar coloring to him. But he defiantly gets most of his features from his father. It was strange to see them side by side, the boy has so much emotion playing on his face that it's hard to believe that he's Thane's son."

Selene turned her head to Garrus, nodding in agreement, "That's what I thought. I was starting to think being stone faced and devoid of emotion was a drell thing. Turns out it's a Thane thing."

"What's a Thane thing?" The assassin's voice sounded directly behind her, causing Selene to flinch slightly.

"God damn it Thane. Why?" She asked, annoyed by how easily he was able to sneak up on her. She knew he did it on purpose and fucking Garrus hadn't even warned her. Those bastards were going to send her to an early grave, but not before she sent them to theirs.

Thane's lips turned up in a smug grin as he stood beside her, also giving her a great view of the right side of his face, a diagonal cut ran across his high cheek bone.

Shepard chuckled as she ran a finger along the cut, lightly, but pressing down harder before stepping back avoiding the halfhearted back hand coming from the assassin. Selene laughed harder as Thane growled at her, "Did your little bundle of attitude catch you with a hook?" She mocked teasingly.

Thane narrowed his eyes at her as bright red blood ran down his cheek, thanks to her pushing on it, "A moment of anger was let out, but he didn't do any real damage. He even apologized when I left him in the medical bay."

Selene crossed her arms over her chest and leaned against the crate she had been on, "Did you add on to the damage I already caused?"

Thane clasped his hands behind his back as he answered, "No, I did not. He needed to get the bullet wound cleaned and some time away from me to process our talk."

Selene's eyes softened as she addressed her friend, her voice tinged with concern, "How did it go?"

The rest of the group looked at him eagerly, mirroring the Commander's look of concern. Thane never ceased to be surprised and amazed at how much the crew acted like a family, and it was all because of the Commander, "Better than expected, but our problems . . . it will take more than just one talk to fix them. We will continue speaking, work on our relationship." Thane relaxed his stance, a sigh escaped his lips as he looked to the ground, giving away to the other concerns he had. Thane retuned his gaze to Selene who was looking at him expectantly, "Shepard, there is another matter we must discuss. Kolyat has made a request of you."

Selene's brows lifted in surprise and curiosity. What would he want from me? She stepped closer to Thane, seeing that this was a troubling topic that he did not want to revealed, "Thane, what is it?"

Thane stared into the Commander's silver green eyes, "Kolyat asks . . ."

Thane was cut off by EDI's voice coming from the holo cipher next to Joker, " I am sorry for the interruption . Shepard, Captain Bailey and two other C-sec officers are here to see you. They are requesting entrance to the ship."

Selene stared at Thane for a half a second more, her look promising they would continue their discussion after they dealt with Bailey. The Commander turned to EDI telling her to tell the C-sec captain that she would meet him out there. She moved to the door, Thane and Garrus following right behind her without any orders.

"Hello again Commander, I don't doubt the reason why I am here is already known?" Bailey's rough voice greeted her. A human woman and a Turian stood on either side of him, none of them had their guns out so she guessed that was a good sign.

Selene gave the man a pleasant smile, "Yes captain I do know why you are here."

"Then you know I need to speak with the boy." Bailey looked at her with regret, not wanting to do what he thought he had to. She appreciated that.

She felt Thane's eyes on her, his worry was obvious to her but with out even looking his way she knew his outward appearance would give nothing away. He was scared for his son, and he would do what he had to, to keep the officers from taking his son.

"Let me ask you something Bailey. Do you have any evidence of Kolyat shooting Tallied? Any video footage, witnesses, or even a gun, maybe as proof?" Shepard calmly asked the captain, her small smile still in place.

Bailey rubbed his eyes tiredly, "No I do not. All we know is that he was the only one who was hired to kill the man."

Shepard's smile didn't falter, "Ah, so you're just going off the info I found. I see, ok. Why do you need to see him?" She asked with an arched brow.

Bailey looked confused for a moment and slightly annoyed, "He is the only suspect I have for Tallied being dead. I have to question him."

Shepard crossed her arms over her chest, confidence evident, "Suspect huh? Well what if I could give you the name of the real killer?"

The captain narrowed his eyes suspiciously, "Would it be the right name?"

Selene laughed lightly, "Yes captain it will be."

Bailey took in a deep breath and let it out, "Alright, but I make no promises of not having to question the boy."

Selene uncrossed her arms, nodding to the man.

"Who's the killer?" He asked.

Thane was having a mini panic attack on the inside, not knowing what Selene had planned. He knew she would do what she could to keep Kolyat from being taken. She was the one who had killed the Turian after all. She wouldn't let Kolyat take the blame, but he wasn't seeing any way out of this. Kolyat was the known person to be hired to kill the man and now he was dead. The only way his son would not be blamed for Tallied's death was for Shepard to give herself up, and they couldn't do that.

"Me." Selene stated simply next to him.

Apparently she can. Thane thought incredulously.