Liara was on her way to her "guest". She walked down the corridors, moved around and went through the procedure. She came almost daily. Mostly, she just stood there and watched Tali. The young Quarian still resisted her, even after the four months she was now down here alone. Even without some distractions. Liara felt almost respect, but Tali was for here as constant reminder that her control over the Quarian had slipped.
Three hundred years ago her mother in one of the biggest PR campaign ever blamed the Quarians for the Geth invasion. It was not difficult, cause the Quarian had developed the Geth for Benezia. Since that they had been held reasonable for all that had somehow gone wrong in the galaxy, used as scapegoats and were seen as thieves and criminals. In her farewell gift to Liara, Benezia had this picture in one single move almost undone, but fortunately the opinion of many could be changed back quickly.
Liara could sacrifice Tali; she could accuse her in public as leader of the attack on the Citadel.
Evidence for that could be organized easily.
Liara still hesitated, because she hoped to break Tali, to draw the Quarian to her side and then destroy this suit rat from inside out. She looked at the small data pad in her hand. It contained some information about Tali's family. The door opened and she carefully locked it behind her. As a concession she had disabled the force field that had been built up with every visit around the Quarian. Thanks to her biotics she was always superior to Tali. Besides the Quarian had not been attempting to attack her.
Liara went into the living room and looked around. Tali was leaning against a wall. Their eyes met. Tali's eyes went to the pad, then back to Liara's eyes. She had much time to think about why such a demon could have such eyes. Cold fury rushed through her veins, but she was also somehow happy to see the Asari. Liara turned out to be the only distraction in her prison. Tali had searched everywhere, but found no way out. Moreover, she knew that she could not come very far without her suit and she doubted that Liara would have placed it in front of the door. Tali was stuck here. In a beautiful, absolutely sterile cell in which there was nothing to help her escape this fate. Once she had tried, but she was immediately caught in a stasis field and a medical Mech took care of her. Tali found it almost ironic that never was her health cared so much about, as it was here. She felt like a well-groomed pet.
Liara sat down and looked at her prisoners with a soft smile. Then she pushed the data pad over the table and leaned back.
"And what does it cost me?" Tali asked ironically. Liara shrugged, "Nothing it´s a little gift. Now that you're already been with me for four months, I thought you might feel a little homesick," she paused briefly. "Or does living in ships not make one homesick?" Tali ignored the tip and did not move. "It will not explode when you touch it. It contains news about your aunt. Raan is your aunt?" Liara asked in a low, curious tone. Tali did not tell her anything, but Liara saw how much she was interested, to get the pad in her hand.
"Well, I'll leave it here," she stood up and was delighted when she saw a disappointed flash for a second appear in Tali's eyes. "I may be a monster in your eyes," she smiled warmly, "but you have to decide. It might," she looked around the almost sterile space, "be more comfortable for you. I could take care that you can come with me... once or twice to get away from here ..." she extended her last statement and looked at Tali.
"But I do not sleep with you," she replied coldly, while Liara looked disparagingly. "Wasn't that why your mother," she spat the word more," brought Aria down here?"
Tali noticed Liara's reaction by the name of the other Asari. Hit, she thought as Liara winced, but she also knew that she would be punished for that. The broker gave her a cold look and then let the Quarian alone. The pad she forgot completely. Liara rushed out and allowed herself to get to first in the corridor outside the cell to respond. Trembling, she leaned against the wall, while her biotics flared brightly and in a singularity exploded around her. Liara took several deep breaths. She would not return for a few days.