Episode 35-Mikhailovich

As the Normandy was flying through space, several of the crew members and the girls arrived within the Crew Quarters along with the admirals.
Splash: "Welcome to our lovely new abode. Please, make yourself at home."

Splash walked off. Mordin walked off with Star. Flare made her way to the halls of the floor with Samara and Kasumi. Tali also walked off as did Jacob, Thane, Wrex and Grunt. Garrus, Ashley, Ms. Shepard, Miranda and Liara stood around with Jewel and Aera. The admirals also stood by.
Liara: "If any of you need me, I'll be back in my office. I'll have some of the data that we have collected ready for you to look over."

Liara walked off.
Mikhailovich: "Alright, while we have the time, I would like you to go over a few things."
Miranda: "Sure, what would you like to discuss first?"
Mikhailovich: "I think I would like to discuss with these 2 everything that they know."
Aera: "Hmm, that sounds like an awfully vague request, care to be a little more specific, guy?"
Mikhailovich: "Well…actually, I would like to get to know you, as actual people."
Aera: "Actual people? Not magical girls or anime characters or fairies or whatever you would call us?"
Mikhailovich: "That is exactly correct. I would like to see past all of those other things that most would compare you to and see you girls for your true personalities, regardless of everything else. They should not be as important."
Aera: "Huh, I never thought you would actually care about who we are as opposed to what we are."
Mikhailovich: "Well, I seem to be really getting to know you by how you speak. You sound like an awfully snippy young girl and if I didn't know any better, I would believe that you take pleasure in being disrespectful towards authority figures such as myself."
Aera: "Yeah, unless they've been nice to me, I tend to be like that. I always hated authority figures who think they could say or do whatever they want with no repercussions and just because of their high and mighty titles. It sickens me."
Mikhailovich: "Sounds to me like you've had a lot of terrible experiences with that sort."

Aera remained silent for a bit, she then sulked and dropped her head a little.
Aera: "I guess you could say that…I've spent most of my childhood suffering through something like that…'

Everyone in the room looked at her as they seemed sad and concerned for her. Suddenly, they heard a loud crash. Most of them flinched upon hearing it. Before long, they could hear Splash screaming again.
Splash: "FISH KILLER!"
FemShep, Ashley, Garrus: "Now what?"
Mikhailovich: "What was that!?"
Garrus: "That would be Splash."
Miranda: "Huh, I wonder who set her off this time."
Jewel: "Come on, we have to get to her before she rips someone to shreds."

They rushed off as fast as they could towards the corridor, making their way to the crew quarters. There, they saw Jacob and Thane, with the use of their biotics, trying to hold back a furious and rage-induced Splash as she was fighting to rush over towards another guy in the room. With them in the room was Tali along with her other colleagues of engineering, Engineer Adams, Kenneth Donnelly and Gabrielle Daniels, who were standing by, stunned by what was happening.
Mikhailovich: "What the….what is….what's she…?"
Hackett: "This would be another one of her…temper tantrums."
Ashley: "Yep."

Jewel let out a dejected grunt then forged the Fantasy Crystal for Splash went up to her to place it on her chest. From there, Splash fell into her trance. Jewel tended to her after Thane and Jacob released her.
Mikhailovich: "Would someone mind explaining to me what was going on here?"
Tali: "We were just chatting about some of the things we needed to have done in engineering when this guy came into the room."
Daniels: "At first, we thought nothing of it, until he went on and on about some seafood banquet that he was planning on having sometime next week."
Aera: "Bad idea, guy, very, very bad."
Daniels: "Yeah, we should have known better, but we didn't count on him actually being stupid enough to set her off. I feel like an idiot for not seeing this coming."
Guy: "What? I was just mentioning a bunch of seafood dishes that I was craving. I don't get what the big deal is."
Donnelly: "Are you daft, man? You know about how she would react towards even the slightest mention of seafood. Do you have a death wish?"
Guy: "So, all of a sudden, I can't even talk about anything remotely related to fish food with her around? Geez, you've been giving these fairy girls special treatments ever since you brought them on board this ship."
Adams: "That's enough, Ensign. I've told you before that your attitude towards these girls is unacceptable. If you have a problem with them, I suggest you take your services on another frigate."
Ensign: "Fine, whatever."

The rude guy made his way out of the room.
Ensign: "I never liked working with aliens anyway."

Everyone glared at the guy as he was leaving the room. Tali placed her hands on her hips and shook her head.
Tali: "Bosh'tet. I say good riddance to him."
Adams: "I apologize for his terrible attitude. He had always patronized you girls."
Aera: "Don't worry about it, Adams. It's not your fault that guy's an intolerable jerk."
Adams: "He had especially said some very callous and demoralizing things about that sweet aquamancer and her hatred and disdain towards seafood, even when I told him about our suspicions of her behavior towards them being a result of some sort of severe psychological trauma."
Aera: "Oh, you have know idea how right you are."
Daniels: "He used to make a lot of jokes about eating a tuna sandwich, shrimp cocktails, lobster bisque and crab dumplings in front of her. I told him that doing something like that could have him end up killed and he just laughed it off as though he thinks he's funny. A******."
Donnelly: "I never liked that guy. He used to complain a lot about having aliens as crewmates while making demeaning comments about how this frigate should be run solely by humans, he even discredited a lot of the upgrades and features that were added by a lot of our alien crew members as well as built by them. I told him he should go to hell if he truly felt that way."
Jacob: "Well, at least it's all over. That was harrowing."
Miranda: "Yes, it was, but you and Thane did a phenomenal job with holding her back. I was worried for a minute there that she might have been too much for either of you."
Thane: "Yeah, it was very difficult holding back a rage-induced teenager, or a magical one at that. Now if you would excuse me, I need to meditate. I'm exhausted."

Thane walked out.
Jacob: "I better get going, too. We may need to file some reports on the dismissal of that ensign."

Jacob walked out. The rest of the group in the room looked over towards Jewel who was sulking as she tended to Splash. Adams walked up to her.
Adams: "Hey, don't let any of that get to you. For what it's worth, I always thought of you girls as incredible. I knew that not everyone on this ship would agree with having you around. If anything, I'm glad you're here."

Jewel looked at him, she seemed touched. Donnelly and Daniels walked up behind him, they seemed almost as though they seemed happy.
Donnelly: "I'm also grateful to have you here. I can't say what a pleasure it is to have met you."
Daniels: "Yeah, you girls are awesome. Really, guys like him don't deserve any leniency or accommodations. The sooner he's off this ship, the better it is for the rest of us, and for you girls as well. We don't need him."

Jewel looked towards them, she was indeed pleased by their words. She then let out a content smile. Mikhailovich stood by, almost as though he was affected by this touching moment. From there, Jewel removed the crystal from Splash's chest and she was waking up from her trance.
Splash: "Ahh! Fishies! No! Come back! I…huh? Where am I?"
Aera: "Welcome back to reality, Splash. Did you have a nice swim in your fantasies?"
Splash: "Umm…what was I…oh! I remember now!"

She stood up instantaneously in rage.
Splash: "That jerk! How dare he talk about my brethren like that! I SO could have killed him!"
Daniels: "I would have gladly looked forward to that."
Donnelly: "Don't mind him, Splash, that son of a b**** is nothing more than human trash. It's best to just let him be."
Hackett: "I'll get started on the termination papers for him. It's clear that he's not a good fit on this ship. I'll find somewhere else for him to be placed."
Garrus: "I hear that maintenance at the Citadel is hiring. Perhaps that would be a better position for him."
FemShep: "I couldn't agree more; a custodian position would indeed help with cleaning up his act."

Several of the crew members had a good laugh.
Tali: "By the way, I heard that Mordin and Star have continued working on those new devices for analyzing the girls' powers. Perhaps we should head down to the cargo bay and see if they're finished."
FemShep: "That sounds like a great idea, I look forward to that."
Splash: "I believe Flare mentioned something about meeting us down there as soon as she's done meditating with Samara. She also wanted to test them out."

Jewel stood back up.
Jewel: "Sounds like a plan. Let's go."

The girls walked out of the room. A few of the crew members followed along with the admirals. Soon enough, Liara and Glyph approached them, Liara walked beside them with Glyph nearby.
Liara: "Hey, guys. You're heading down to the cargo bay?"
FemShep: "Yeah, we're planning on testing out those new devices that Mordin had built."
Liara: "Hmm, I thought so. I also need to make my way back down there. We have a few things that I'll need to hand over to Dr. Solus."
Glyph: "He asked for some of the data that we were able to extract from the Intel Crystals."
Ashley: "Sounds amazing. It seems like you guys are making some real progress with that computer that you've designed for those crystals."
Liara: "Yeah, they're coming along nicely."
Glyph: "By the way, I heard a loud bang just a while ago. What happened?"
Miranda: "A rude and condescending ensign made comments about a lot of the different, um, aquatic cuisines while being very well aware that Splash was an earshot away from him."
Liara: "What!? Are you serious?"
Jewel: "Yeah, we are."
Liara: "Huh, is that the ensign from engineering who would sneer at so many of the non human crew members like us?"
Ashley: "Yeah, it's the same guy."
Hackett: "I'll be working on the termination papers and have him escorted off of the ship. You won't have to worry about him ever again."
Miranda: "Jacob mentioned something about wanting to help out with that."
Liara: "That's a relief."
Glyph: "Hmm, indeed, good riddance to that horrible scoundrel."
Mikhailovich: "So, you mentioned something about some devices that you plan on having the girls test out. What are they exactly?"
Hackett: "Oh, you mean those? I haven't seen it myself, but I was informed by Williams and the Second Commander that Professor Solus had been working on some unique devices that are to be used for analyzing the intensity of the girls' powers."
Garrus: "They've gotten started with working on them after we've discovered that one of the girls is able to wield another kind of magical ability."
Mikhailovich: "Hmm, is that so? Is there anything about this power that motivated them into this?"
Aera: "Well, Star revealed to the Normandy crew that aside from her Light powers, she is also able to wield lightning."
Mikhailovich: "Lightning? You mean…she's also an electrokinetic?"
Jewel: "Yes, but…she doesn't like to use it because…well…it's lethal."
Ashley: "We were told that she always feared accidentally killing someone with this power because she doesn't know how to reduce its intensity."
Mikhailovich: "So, her lightning powers are broken."
Miranda: "Yep, pretty much."
Ashley: "I don't blame her for not telling us about it. It's clear that she's hesitant about it."
Garrus: "I can understand that and I'm not angry at the girls for holding back on some things that they know; I just wish that they could be a little more open. It's frustrating to have to deal with this but I'm not necessarily annoyed with them; it's more so the circumstances that's causing them to be so secretive."
Hackett: "But with what they've been through, I can't say I really blame them."
Liara: "They suffer from a lot of trust issues. From what we can tell, they've been mistreated by too many of their own kind. Although, I can't say everyone within their realm has been cruel to them."
Garrus: "Whether it be a few or a few hundred, it doesn't matter, abuse is abuse and even one person mistreating them would be one too many."
Jewel: "At least we feel that we can trust you guys with some of what we know, but…it's still hard for us."
Splash: "We never trusted anyone else besides each other, oh and everyone else that we've been close to. I can tell my parents anything without any worries. I love them so much."
Aera: "Yeah, lucky you."

Soon enough, they arrived within the cargo bay. There, they met with Mordin and Star. Star greeted them with a smile as she waved at them.
Star: "Hello, everyone. It's good to see you here."
Liara: "Yes, it is indeed."
Miranda: "We've had to deal with another matter before we were able to make our way back here."
Star: "So, Mr. Other-Admiral-Guy, are you ready to check out Dr. Solus' new devices?"
Mikhailovich: "You know, I do have a name that you can address me by, I'd appreciate it if you would do so."
Star: "Oh, right, sorry. What is Mikovich?"
Mikhailovich: "Mikhailovich. It's my surname."
Star: "Sir….name?"
Jewel: "We already went over this with the Reconnaissance Crystal on our way to this realm. It's a name to address their family origin or who else they decide to consider part of their current origin or whatever."
Star: "Oh, um, yeah, I forgot."
Aera: "And here I thought Splash was the only ditzy one."
Splash: "Hey!"

A little while afterwards, Flare arrived with Samara.
Star: "Oh, good, you're finally here."
Flare: "I would not miss this test run for anything. My special skills, I know, are required for such."
Samara: "We would have been here sooner but Flare and I got lost in our meditation for a little while there."
Jewel: "No problem, you're just in time."
FemShep: "So, care to show us these new devices that you've managed to put together?"

Mordin was on his omni-tool.
Mordin: "Certainly."

From there, they looked out and noticed several mechs instantaneously activated. They stood idly in front of the group. Mikhailovich was alarmed by this.
Mikhailovich: "What? LOKI Mechs!?"
Star: "Relax, will you? These were just pieces of mech scraps that Mordin was able to put together."
Mordin: "Correct, the crew and I actually received a large shipment of scrapped mechs that were in pieces and disposed of. We asked for a few favors to obtain these pieces. Really worked out well for a lot of what I've needed to have installed into them."
Splash: "I'll say, you were really putting in all of those advanced technical stuff into those robot things. It's like nothing I've ever seen before."
Aera: "It IS nothing that you've ever seen before, Splash. We don't have stuff like this back home. We don't even have any form of technology."
Miranda: "What!? No tech!? You girls don't have any forms of technology in your realm?"
Aera: "We'll talk about that later."
Mordin: "Aside from the mechs, have also called in a few favors for some…unique equipment. Each bot has a built-in computer that is used for analysis, can scan and identify nearby attacks or direct attacks."
Hackett: "I'm sure you've also come up with a way for these mechs to not be damaged by the girls' magical attacks."
Mordin: "Indeed I have. The mechs also come with special ducts that can channel the magical energy to flow through the different parts within them. The channeled energy can also be analyzed. Necessary for the procedures."
Splash: "Wow! You really thought of everything, Doctor!"
Liara: "Yes, he has. That seems to be a very common trait amongst salarians. They are brilliant inventors."
Garrus: "Yeah, they seem to specialize in a lot of the complicated ingenuity. The other species have struggled to figure out how their minds even work. For example, care to tell me how you were able to figure out enabling the flow of magical energy and attacks without the risk of damaging these mechs?"
Mordin: "Sorry, cannot tell you. A trade secret; in the sense that I have yet to figure that one out."
Garrus: "Wow, this must really be complicated if even you have no idea how it works."
Mordin: "Guess you could say it's a…Fayelon thing."

Garrus looked puzzled. The girls were heard laughing.
Garrus: "I…don't even know how to make any sense of that."
Ashley: "So, who do you have in mind to test out these bots?"
Flare: "I am certain that I should be the one to do so."

Flare was seen walking past the group. She then stood before the bots as they did the same.
Mordin: "Yes, have already discussed this with Flare that she is to test them. Her unique control over her powers makes her a perfect fit for this."
Hackett: "I suppose she'll need to transform in order to do that."
Liara: "I believe so, too."

Flare readied herself, she closed her eyes as she did a few deep breathing exercises, pressing her palms together while moving them up and down a few times. She then opened them almost instantaneously.
Flare: "Metamorphose!"

From there, she transformed. Everyone else stood by, including the rest of the girls, remaining in their Dormant Forms. After transforming, she walked up to the mechs, then turned herself around as she stood in the middle of them.
Flare: "I shall begin."

Everyone stood by in anticipation. She readied herself again, then unleashed a full blaze that surrounded her and the mechs. Mikhailovich was stunned to see this.
Mordin: "Be sure to keep a safe distance, everyone."
Mikhailovich: "No kidding! That's usually what we would do with fire. But…this…is so…strange…why…why doesn't it…? It doesn't feel hot at all."
Liara: "This right here is the incredible control of a pyrokinetic Fayelon."
Garrus: "We were told that many with the same kind of power as Flare have exercised self-control as a means of keeping their own flames from being lethal."

Mikhailovich looked towards the mechs, on the front area of their torsos displayed a screen. From this, he noticed that all of them displayed a number. The same number, in fact. It was a percent that was displayed as 0%.
Mikhailovich: "That…screen on their fronts…they're displaying a number, a percentage to be exact."

Mordin nodded once.
Mordin: "That is to display the fatality rate of the girls' powers. As you can see, Flare's blaze is shown to be non-lethal."
Mikhailovich: "That's…amazing. Her fire…can she really…have that kind of control over her own powers?"
Samara: "That is correct. It is all part of an advanced training that she had undergone since her youth."
Ashley: "Flare is from a cultural background that went through many training exercises to promote self-control. I think you should be able to figure out why."
Mikhailovich: "Hmm…yes, I think I…understand: fire is a very dangerous element. It must be a power that is feared by their kind."
Jewel: "Yes…for far too long. Even the pyromancers fear it."
Mikhailovich: "That would make sense; with that kind of power, if left unchecked, it could cause a lot of destruction."
Flare: "My people, for many generations, have feared losing such control over their powers, be it the power itself or losing control over oneself. It is why we have taken on a culture of inner peace and self-restraint. If both were to remain unchecked for too long…"

From there, the flames became more intense. The group stood around as they reacted to this, the mechs also reacted with the numbers displayed on their screen climbing at an alarming rate while also emitting loud beeping
noises.
Flare: "It would truly be…disastrous."

At an instance, the mechs made noises that sounded like a flatline with the number displayed as 100%. Then, Flare calmed herself as her blaze died down. The mechs also reverted to being silent as their screen blanked out. Flare stood a little longer as she sulked.
Flare: "My grandfather has told me many frightening tales of the dangers of allowing our flames to harm others. Thanks to my advanced training, I am able to emit flames that will only harm our enemies, but to those that consider my allies, friends or even the innocent, I am able to make certain that my flames are safe enough to be managed around them. I am indeed able to prevent any harm from happening to any of them."
Liara: "Yes, we can tell and you are doing an amazing job with that."
Samara: "I also believe that."
FemShep: "You and your friends seem to be really good at keeping your powers from harming us."
Flare: "Well, for the most part, we are, but…"
Star: "We're still having a hard time with figuring out how to do the same with a few of our other abilities. Case in point, my lightning."
Mordin: "Ah, yes, of course, the very thing that inspired me to make these devices. Haven't forgotten about that. Been meaning to have you demonstrate that next."
Flare: "Hmm, yes."

She walked back towards the group and stood with them.
Flare: "Now that I have been able to confirm that these new devices of yours truly work, we can indeed get on to the very test that you have been wanting to carry out from the start."
Mordin: "Yes, Star, if you don't mind."

Star rubbed her hands together in anticipation.
Star: "Thought you would never ask, Dr. Solus. Here I go."

From there, she prepared herself.
Star: "Metamorphose!"

She transformed and stood before the mechs.
Star: "Alright, let's do this!"

She then unleashed her lightning abilities on the mechs, shooting them with her bolts one by one. With each one she shot at, they displayed different numbers. However, none of them were low. Each one was displayed in the high 90s. Some were a little lower than others, but there were very little dips and drops in the numbers. Everyone watched this take place, each one seemed distraught. She went on to trying to channel another electric attack as the electricity surged around her. She then channeled it towards the mechs. Most of them displayed numbers that were slightly lower, but still too high. She then tried to surge her powers to strike some and avoid others. The ones that were struck displayed the same high numbers as the previous attempt while those that were nearby were shown slightly less but were also too high. The crew members and the admirals looked on with some unease and concerns.

Star eventually stopped, she looked out towards the mechs and pouted in disappointment as she saw each of the numbers displayed. She placed her hands on her hips.
Star: "Man, I just can't seem to get a break with this."
Liara: "Those…are not good numbers."
Ashley: "No kidding, each one displays undeniably high fatality rates."
Mordin: "Hmm, thought they would be higher, was expecting to see a complete fatality, but not in this case. Not completely absolute."
Garrus: "It doesn't matter, 100% or not, those numbers are still too high. If those mechs were actual people, all of them would be dead."
Mordin: "Yes, that much is true. Not complete, but high enough to be confirmed. (sniff) A major problem."
Hackett: "Yes, I can understand why Star would be afraid of her own lightning abilities and it's very clear that you girls don't want to hurt any innocent civilians. That is indeed very noble of you."
Jewel: "It's also why we've drifted from one realm to another. We always feared that our problems will cause so much pain and strife to others who have no involvement with our conflict."
Flare: "It was the best solution that we were able to come up with."
Garrus: "I understand that, but you couldn't keep running forever. Sooner or later, you would have worn yourselves out completely and then what?"
Jewel: "We know…"

Mikhailovich stood by, stunned and spellbound, almost as though he was coming to an astonishing realization.
Mordin: "Now to figure out why you have yet to find a way to reduce the intensity of your lightning abilities."
Hackett: "Would any of your kind know how to help you with that?"
Jewel: "Well…to put it one way, we were told by our mentors that lightning is very hard to manage and control. There aren't a lot that were able to figure it out."
Garrus: "Hmm…something tells me that's not the case."
Star: "No, we don't think so, either. We suspect that they do know."
Garrus: "But they just don't want to teach you?"
Star: "Yep, that would be how they are!"
Aera: "They would deny that, but they should know better. We're not stupid."
Jewel: "Although, we had this one other mentor who stated that such a thing is truly possible and it can be taught."
Star: "Obviously, that never happened."
Ashley: "And why is that? Because they decided to just turn around and decide they don't want to?"

Jewel sulked before she answered.
Jewel: "Not that one…"

The other girls also sulked, concerned looks were passed around.
Mordin: "Not to worry, we will figure this out. If it truly is possible, then it can be done."
Liara: "Yeah, absolutely. Perhaps one of the Intel Crystals would have some information on that."
Flare: "Well, there is one other thing that we could try."

Flare walked up to Star and stood in front of her.
Flare: "Perhaps a meditation technique would help to hone these abilities a little bit better or at the very least bring to light what could be causing this issue."
Aera: "Are you sure? You know you've tried this already and it clearly did nothing. If anything…"
Flare: "I know, but there is a chance that we can be provided with some much-needed insight. I have faith in that."
Aera: "Well…if you say so…"
Jewel: "Go for it. I agree that it needs to be done."

Flare nodded once. She looked towards Star.
Flare: "Shall we?"
Star: "Sure, why not? It's not like there's anything else I can do. Besides, I know that Dr. Solus would be able to figure something out from this."
Flare: "Certainly. I believe that, too. Let's begin."

From there, they sat down in lotus position while facing each other. They closed their eyes and began meditating. Everyone stood around watching them. All was silent at first.
Flare: "Now then, just like we did before, try to focus on your lightning powers, let it course through you, channel that electrical energy, it is a natural part of your system, therefore, it must flow on its own."

As they were meditating, a surge of electricity emitted from her body in the form of static electricity, surrounding her. Everyone watching this became startled, except for the other girls, of course.
Liara: "Oh!"
Samara: "What is…!?"
Miranda: "I…don't believe it."
Aera: "Yep, that tends to happen whenever she tries this."

Mordin was on his omni-tool.

As Star's electrical energy continued being sporadic, her hair began to be affected by it, causing it to stand on end as well as spread all over the place. Flare opened her eyes a little bit but became startled as she took notice of her hair standing on end.
Flare: "Star! Th-th-that should be enough for now. You can stop."

From this, the flow of electrical energy stopped but her hair was still standing on end. She opened her eyes, having not been phased by this as she stood back up. Flare was still staring at her, surprised. Star had taken notice of this, then looked towards the rest of the group who was still staring at her with the same startled expressions on her face. Star, looking annoyed, placed her hands on her hips.
Star: "What? It's just hair!"

She motioned her hands around her hair and, with the use of some of her magical energy, straightened it back down to its normal style.
Star: "I mean, geez! People make such a big deal over something so easily manageable. Yes, I know it looks messy and I get why other girls would feel embarrassed about it, but seriously, is it really worth getting all worked up about? Just fix it and move on with your lives. I mean, really? When will everyone get over themselves?"
Garrus: "Um….wow, you really aren't a normal girl if you don't even get worked up over a bad hair day."
Star: "Hmph! Well, I'll have you know that I was never bothered by that, unlike most girls. Though you should know by now that I'm not like most girls, but that's not the point! What I'm trying to say is whenever that happened to me, it would be a quick fixer-upper, no problem, bing, bang, done, not "oh, no, I'm having a bad hair day, what'll I do about it?" Pfft! All those normal girls were such stupid, whiny little crybabies. I always wondered why everyone wanted me to be just like every other girl. I never got what was so great about it, ya know?"
Garrus: "Huh, you are truly an interesting person. I feel like I need to walk on egg-shells whenever I would talk about anything girlish around you."
Star: "Hmm, that's understandable. It really doesn't bother me if you were to talk about stupid, girlish stuff like that, just always keep in mind who I am."

Star walked off with everyone else standing by, watching as she did.
Garrus: "Noted."
Hackett: "Hmm, she is truly one of a kind."
Aera: "Yep, that's just the kind of person that she is. I always wondered why those snobs that she used to hang around with didn't dump her sooner."
Ashley: "She used to hang around with a bunch of other girls?"
Jewel: "Yeah, unfortunately. She always looked like she was one of them, but…ever since I first laid eyes on her, she seemed…different for some reason, like I had this sense of her not being like them at all."
Aera: "Yeah, we didn't feel the same way, so, we didn't agree with her on that, but…we would never question her judgement and even if we did, we always stood by her."
Splash: "Absolutely! Jewel is our best friend! We love her and she's always been a sister to us."
Miranda: "I would love to hear more sometime."
Liara: "It truly sounds like with the many things you have been through, all you've ever had was each other."
Jewel: "That's…yes…mostly."

Garrus looked at her, a bit saddened. Mikhailovich looked on as though he seemed touched as well as saddened.