Normandy was near to a mass relay away from the Citadel orbit. Daniel sat in the life support room, drawing again. Suddenly the door to a life support were opened and Shepard was standing in them.
"May I come in?"
"You're the commander. You don't need permission."
"Being commander doesn't mean I can overcome good manners." Shepard said and went to Daniel, seeing he was drawing, "Liara told me you like to draw."
"Pretty much, yes. I can relax while drawing."
"Daniel, I'm sorry that we forgot about you there."
"It's fine, Shepard… I was taken care about there."
"Yes. Garrus told me about Renok."
"There's nothing much I could say, Shepard. I just want to deal with my past and get back to him."
"We will, once we reach mass relay we-" Shepard noticed Veetor standing in the doorway.
"Commander? Tali and I finished repairs but…"
"But? Is there a problem?"
"Legion is now aware of his environment. He can see and talk so his essential functions are fixed. However, locomotion isn't possible."
"What is the deal?"
"We need a special part. Tali said it can be only obtained in Omega's black market."
"I'll see what I can do. Thank you, Veetor." Shepard said and Veetor beckoned, followed by leaving. Shepard looked back at Daniel.
"I can wait, Shepard."
"Are you sure?"
"The mission is more important than my own preferences."
"I understand how much pressure must lie on you, Dan. In my opinion, even through your problem, you are doing quite well in dealing with sudden changes since you we got you from cryo-stasis."
"I've learned how to manage stress when I was younger. I had to because I was always stressed by little things."
"Alright, Dan. Before we reach Omega, you have a shore leave." Shepard explained and left the life support room. Daniel was drawing for a while alone, thinking. He actually never talked to Legion directly, merely saw him during the mission when he was hurt. Daniel stopped with drawing and stood up, walking out of the life support and going towards the medical bay. He could already see through the glass Legion and Veetor with Tali standing by him.
"You'll be fully operational once we find the important part on Omega."
"We thank you, creator Tali'Zorah and Veetor for helping us." Legion said. His eye staring to the ceiling since he couldn't move any part of his body. Tali and Veetor looked at the medical bay door which opened at Daniel appeared in them.
"Is Legion able to speak?"
"Creator Tali, who wants to speak with us?"
"I guess you must be Daniel. Shepard told us about you." Tali talked towards Daniel and Legion started to feel the heatwave again.
"Can I talk to him?"
"Sure. But don't make it long. We still have a lot of work to do on him." Tali said and Daniel came closer. Legion's eye was able to move to the side a little.
"So, you're Legion. You saved me back in that ship."
"We are amazed by your ability to remember things such as these when you were in partial consciousness."
"Why do you refer yourself as 'we'?"
"Because there is no individual. Each one of us is a part of one great mind shared through a consensus. We are Geth. We were given the name Legion for we are many."
"Do… those things that attacked us listen to us now when you are all connected?"
"No. Consensus cannot be built on unsecured channel. For this, we have our own on the ship." Legion explained and Daniel placed hand on Legion's synthetic muscle arm. Legion could feel it and even he denied he could contain feelings; this was bringing him joy. Daniel examined each part of Legion's structure of arm. Legion was feeling the ecstasy building up within him, trying to resist making sounds which would make it awkward. Daniel shook his head.
"Is there something wrong, Daniel?" Tali asked.
"The way Legion talks and his body… it's perfect simulation of a human. Perfect AI. It reminds me of my past…"
"What do you mean?" Tali asked and Daniel started with explanation. He cleared them why he was on Normandy, what was project Soma and risks of it. Tali seemed to be disgusted.
"How could you! You dared to disrupt a natural course by stopping a life cycle?! You clearly bypassed death!" Tali tackled him.
"I know. I am not proud of it. Many people died thanks to this project."
"No apology can fix this, Daniel! You must destroy that thing!"
"I… I'm not feeling well talking about this…" Daniel turned with back to them and was about to leave when Legion decided to speak.
"Daniel, if we can recommend something, do not destroy it."
"What?! Legion?! Do you understand that it's against the nature?!" Tali told Legion off.
"Creator Tali'Zorah, we do not say that this project should be widely opened. We suggest using this project only for few exceptional organics which have potential for leading galaxy to a prosperity and maintaining intergalactic peace."
"I see your point, Legion. My opinion is that universe created its own natural laws and death is part of them. We shouldn't change these laws…"
"We understand your concern, creator Tali'Zorah. However, a chaos must be brought for a new order to be set. Daniel, the decision is yours." Legion explained and Daniel sighed.
"You didn't make it easier for me…" he said and left medical bay. Legion defended project Soma not only for the reasons he said but he forgot to mention he wanted Daniel to use this project so he could live within machine and they could share feelings mutually. Of course, Legion had to lie because Geth doesn't need feelings and that is what he needed everyone to think. Saying out loudly 'I love you, Daniel' in front of quarians would be very embarrassing. Legion was starting to build a sense of using his rational behavior and the Geth cover to hide his building emotions and yet, he was still Geth so it was difficult to say "I" instead of "We".
Daniel used opportunity and talked to Liara about biotics. She explained to him and soon Daniel wondered if he could find his biotic power. Normandy was approaching Omega's orbit in a few hours. Shepard had to choose the squad which would follow him on this adventure. Shepard decided to take Daniel and Garrus with him on this mission. All of them were standing near the airlock door when there appeared Tali, running towards them.
"Shepard! What are you doing?! Why didn't you tell me?!"
"I need you to stay on board and keep an eye on both, Legion and Veetor at the same time."
"Nonsense. You will need somebody who will tell you what's the right part to take!"
"Tali… I'll pass the information through omni-tool."
"Shepard…" Tali insisted and Shepard sighed.
"Ok, we could use an extra hand… but I hope Veetor can handle himself."
"He will. He found a common topic to talk with Legion. Don't ask me what they talk about…"
"I won't. Get ready so we can go." Shepard said and Tali went to get some gun. It was now squad with Shepard, Garrus, Daniel and Tali. They entered Omega and headed towards the black markets.
"Just so you know, Shepard. I think people might not like to see an Archangel here…"
"You'll be fine, Garrus." Shepard said while they walked through corridor. As they got to the shops, Tali began with analyzing stuff the batarian merchant had to offer.
"Sorry, pal. Geth parts are scarce goods."
"We're not looking for some regular Geth part. We need a neural data transmitter. It should look like a box that can be found in a back of Geth."
"Then I'd say visit kiosk of that elcor bastard over there." The batarian pointed.
"I know this one… Tali, let me handle it." Shepard said and others followed him to the elcor merchant whose name was Harrot.
"Greetings, welcome to my… terrified; oh no, I hoped to never see you again."
"You're Harrot. Calm down, we're here just to make business." Shepard said.
"Surprised; oh, really. What can I do for you, human?"
"Your batarian colleague told us you sell special part from Geth, the neural data transmitter"
"Yes. I have this last piece here. It can be yours for 250 000 credits."
"250 000 credits?! What do you think we are?!" Tali growled.
"Calm down, Tali… come on, Harrot. You know I don't like hurting people. Let's negotiate." Shepard suggested, "Isn't there anything you'd like us to do?"
"Interested; Yes. I still have problem with vorcha coming from the down part of these markets. They live down there and under the Afterlife club. If you manage to take care of them, I will give you what you need."
"Deal!" Shepard said as elcor Harrot offered him a quest. Shepard with his squad went down in the underground markets, looking for vorcha. Yet they didn't know what's going to wait for them.