The Tempest: Reyes
Reyes had never officially been on an Initiative ship before. Unofficially, plenty. Liam gave him the tour and introduced him to the crew many of which he knew unofficially from monitoring the Initiative Outpost communications as well as through his brief chats with Ryder.
They were a lively bunch. Though he did note that the angara diplomat, Jaal, glared harshly at him even if Reyes greeted him with proper angara fashion. The krogan, Drack, huffed at him and dismissed Reyes as if he were nothing more than an insect that wasn't even worth his time to swat at. Peebee asked him questions and flirted once or twice just to see his reaction. Reyes obliged and flirted back, while Cora begrudgingly thanked him for helping to get Ryder and her back safely to the Tempest. Liam had been the most helpful and friendly about everything.
"I can see why you and Ryder get along so well," Reyes commented at one point when Liam was getting him a cup of coffee from the kitchen.
"Oh, why is that?"
"You are both very open," Reyes said taking the coffee mug Liam offered him. "It is not a bad thing, trust me, it makes people like you,"
"Well, personally, I don't care if people like me. I was raised to speak my mind, it helps with communicating and that way no one get hurt, or upset, or angry over some imagined slight," Liam sat down at the table. "It is why I respect the angaras. Their culture is all based on being open and honest with each other. I like that. There's barely any muddiness with feelings. Everything is out in the open."
Reyes nodded as he leaned against the counter, sipping his coffee. "Though, I've dealt with enough angaras on the other side of that coin now. They are good liars when they need to be."
"Well, when you live in a culture built on trust and honesty I bet once you start lying it gets easier when people believe you are being sincere," Liam replied, "Also one of the reasons the angara believed the kett and us when we first arrived. They thought we were like them."
Reyes nodded, "Completely valid assumptions to make."
Liam looked up at him, "You haven't been brought up to date on the situation with the kett, have you?"
"And why would you think that?" Reyes asked,
"I don't know how much you and Ryder actually talk. But we discovered some things..." Liam trailed off. "I don't know how much I should say without Ryder's permission."
Reyes quirked an eyebrow at him, "You are referring to the incident where Ryder supposed died and SAM brought her back to life?"
Liam nodded, but then shrugged, "Well among other things, you should ask Ryder yourself. I hadn't realized she hadn't told you."
"But she wasn't really dead?" Reyes asked lightly. There's no way Ryder was actually dead.
"You should ask her," Liam frowned down at his coffee. "I know that it was damn scary is all."