Shepard had promised the crew that they would take shore leave, a place that they all could enjoy to celebrate their victory over the Collectors. Once they had arrived only a small amount of the crew was upset by the heated weather. Mordin had taken this advantage by going to the beach and examine the different types of seashells; after all he would finally have enough time to experiment them. "Mordin, what are you doing?" The young voice of his commander had asked him, "Doing an experiment on seashells." He replied. They had spent the whole day collecting seashells together.