Liara tossed and turned in her bed trying to fall asleep, but the guilt prevented her from getting any decent sleep. What happened to Zenna still weighed heavily on her to the point where she could think of nothing else. She moaned as the thought bounced around her head. She had heard plenty of remedies for not being able to sleep, warm milk. A human remedy, since she was on a human ship it would be the best idea. It wasn't likely that they would have others.

Getting up and out of bed she walked into the refectory area only to discover she wasn't the only one who was burning the night oil. Shepard sat on a chair in little more than a bra and shorts curling a dumbbell while a pot cooked on the stove. Liara was about to move away before Zenna stopped that by looking over to her.

"Well, look who else is up," she said with a slight smile. "Can't sleep?"

The young asari nodded and bowed her head. "Yeah, sorry," she said.

"It's ok, come on and pull up a chair," the commander said with a smile.

Not wanting to refuse Liara pulled up a chair next to the commander. "I'm guessing that you cannot sleep because of the guilt of what you did to me?" again Liara nodded with her head hug in shame. "Don't beat yourself up," she then said but the asari didn't look to her. "Look this wasn't your fault, no one could have expected what happened to happen. It's just bad luck,"

Liara then looked up at the minotaur. "You serious?"

"Yeah, look Liara this problem couldn't have been foreseen. At least now we can deal with it and move on," Shepard said before placing the dumbbell on the floor and walking up to the pan on the stove. "I don't blame you for what happened, same as the crew. Let it go and you'll sleep easier," she then turned off the cooker and walked back to her seat. "Got to let it cool down now,"

"You are cooking milk?" Liara asked with a slight surprise.

"Yeah, it's a good way to heat up the chemicals that allow you to sleep," Liara nodded as she got a good look at the commander's body.

It was covered in scars, not just bullet wounds, but blade cuts and teeth marks. It looks like as if she went though the grinder more than once. The only thing on her body that wasn't a scar was a tattoo around her right bicep. It was a simple tattoo of triangles around the bicep. (think Korra's armband but black.) But other than that, there was little else in terms of markings. Other than that Shepard was impressive in terms of muscle mass. Liara knew minotuars were strong, but she didn't know that they could have this kind of bulk. She blushed a little.

"Checking out my scars?" again Liara nodded.

"I… errrr," the asari blushed.

"It's ok, people tend to anyway, minotaurs are rarely ashamed of their bodies," Zenna then looked at her arm. "As for me, some of these I ware with pride. Others not so much. Tell me what was your childhood like?"

Liara was shocked at the question but felt like the commander wanted some company for now. "Well, my family wasn't poor, but we weren't rich either. I had few friends, mostly I took time to study, I wanted to know what happened to the Protheans. That's all I could really think about, all I could focus on. Mother was there to help me, but when she wasn't it was hard. Being pureblood made my life no easier as I had to resist bullying and being discriminated for my blood. While it wasn't always good, I feel like I had a good childhood,"

"You had it lucky," Shepard said as she looked down. "I wasn't born to a family like yourself. If I did have a family, I don't remember. I grew up in the streets, fending for myself. Stealing, killing rats, whatever I could get a hold of," she sighed, "It wasn't easy, I had to beat people to get even scraps. Until the anti-demi group got me. After that, I was in a military orphanage doing what I can. The way I saw it, the military was the best option of getting out of that life. And here I am now," she then looked to Liara's shocked face. "We all have baggage, some more then most. Don't beat yourself up if my baggage comes up ok,"

"Y.. yeah, I won't," Liara then smiled.

"Good, now let's get some milk down us," Zenna said as she took and took out a cup and a bowl before pouring milk into both.

She then handed the cup to Liara while keeping the bowl for herself. They both drank.

OOOOO

"Finally, I get to stretch my legs," Ashley moaned as she walked up to the airlock in civvies.

She was dressed in a simple t-shirt and jeans with the t-shirt supporting an Amaterasu sports group. Liara and Tali just stared at the marine wide eyed as they didn't expect her to like such a group. While they did talk to her, Ash just seemed to be one of those military types who was interested in weapons and tactics. But it seemed that they were wrong.

"What?" she asked. "I like sports, also the team that's playing the games here is my favourite," that didn't change the looks the two non-humans gave her.

Kadian who waited by the airlock just smiled. He was also in civvies but just simple shirt and trousers. The Normandy had a 4 day leave which people were jumping on with. Most people had already gone out into Terra Nova but the squad was waiting for Zenna.

"So why are we waiting?" Garrus asked.

"Because this is a human world," Zenna was as she walked up.

Mush like the two huhounds, she was also in civvies. But she wore a green tank top instead of shirt and blue trousers. Both of which did nothing to hide her bluffness or scars which surprised Tali, Garrus and impressed Wrex.

"Shepard, you've been holding out on us," he said looking at her scars.

"Don't get any ideas," she shot back. "I'm not interested in men let alone Korgan," Wrex just smiled. "Ok, Tali, Liara. I want the two of you to join Ashley," the marine looked in shock to the commander in surprise.

"Why?" she asked. "Why me?"

Zenna just looked down at the marine making her shrink. "Because this is mostly a human world, non-humans are not common her and they are likely going to get lost," with that the marine just nodded and hung her head. "Good, Kadian I assume you understand what to do?"

"Yeah, take Garrus and Wrex out and keep an eye on them," he said.

"Yes, now to all of your behave," she said. "Or there'll be no free time, and I'll work you all double time,"

Her demonic stare made the squad just nod in response. "Good, now let's move," she said walking into the airlock with them.

OOOOO

Zenna walked down the main street ignoring the looks some people gave her. Soon she stopped in front of a building. She sighed before walking in and made her way to the third floor. Upon reaching the floor she looked between the different doors until she saw the name, she was looking for the one she was looking for. Knocking on the door, she waited for a few moments before she got an answer.

"Come in," a voice called and Zenna walked in.

Inside was a desk, psychiatrist's chair and several books. The owner of the room turned to Zenna with a smile. Her orange ears and tails twitched.

"Zenna, welcome," she said walking up to the minotaur standing around the same height as the commander.

"Dr, Inari," Shepard said with a smile. "It's good to see you again too,"

"Dr, Chackwas has informed me of your mental state. Hard to believe that a mind-meld could have turned you into whimpering ball," she said stroking her chin. "But given your uniqueness,"

"Yeah, but if I cannot do my job without having this problem gone…"

"I know, no more human Spectre," Innari said. "Well, I only have four days to get this sorted. So, let's get to it," she said pulling up a chair to the psychiatrist's chair.

Zenna walked up and lay on the psychiatrist's chair. "Let's begin,"

"That's my line," the kitsune complained.

OOOOO

Tali and Liara didn't know what to expect as they waited in the stands for Ashley to come back with some food. Both were unfamiliar with human sports events, but it seems that people were eager to try and explain but they didn't understand too much. Apparently, football was played by two teams. Each had 11 players with one standing as a 'goalie' to stop a ball from getting into the net. The game would last for 90 minutes with two breaks to let people take a break.

It was confusing to them, but they did understand the basics at least. Soon enough Ashley came up with drinks and popcorn. For Tali, she managed to find the dextro equivalent. Apparently turians liked to attend these games as well.

"Here you go," she said handing the food to the two.

"Errr what's this?" Liara asked looking at the puffy food and dark drink.

"Popcorn and coca cola," Ashley said as she sat. "It's quite tasty, just make sure to check your teeth afterwards. The corn will get trapped in your teeth,"

"I assume that you found me the dextro equivalent," Tali said with a nod from Ash. "Yep, not quite the same from what I'm told,"

Tali just nodded and took a drink out of the cola copy.

"So, err, this sport… is it violent?" Liara asked.

"Depends," Ashley said. "Sometimes there are punch outs and fights, but it depends on the teams and players,"

"Ahhh… okay," she muttered as the teams walked out onto the field.

"COME ON AMATERASU LIONS!" Ashley yelled along with the rest as mixed demi-human and basic teams ran out onto the field.

Most of them were either bunnies, nekomata and huhounds. Tali and Liara just stared, what kind of madness were they about tot witness?

OOOOO A/N: I cannot stand sports, so use your imagination for all it plays out ok?

While the girls where at a sports game the guys decided to hit the bars for a bit. There was nothing better to do, so doing a bit of drinking felt like the best of ideas. finding the nearest bar, the three walked in and found the perfect spot to sit. As they did a bunny girl waitress walked up to them with a smile.

"Goooooood afternoon gentlemen, welcome to the Nova," she said. "Here is a menu just call me when you are ready to order," she said before walking off.

"Look at that ass," Kadian said quietly as he looked at the cotton bud of the bunny girl.

"He, I think I can see the appeal," Garrus muttered.

"I don't," Wrex huffed as he picked up the menu and looked at it. "Hummm anything good to drink?"

"I'm not sure human establishments serve Krogan," Garrus thought.

"Minotaurs, Oni, Demons," Kadian muttered. "We have plenty of Korgan-like demi-humans so there should be a few drinks that could send Wrex tipsy. But I'm not sure," he admitted before he turned to look at Wrex. "Keep an eye out for the term 'not for normal humans', they should be enough for you,"

Wrex smiled and nodded before reading again.

"How many demi-human types are there?" Garrus asked with interest.

Kadian fell silent for a moment, thinking. "I'm not sure of the number," he admitted. "I know that we have hundreds of different sub types. But for the most part I think there is at least 25 basic demi-human types,"

"That must make things very complicated," Wrex said.

"We've had years to organise it and practice it all. Trial and error works wonders," the biotic smiled.

"Well, I've decided," Wrex said before handing the menu to Garrus.

Codex:

Hu-bunnies:

Commonly referred to as bunny people, hu-bunnies are quite numerous but are generally weak when compared to other demi-humans. The term 'breeding like rabbits' is used to describe them as one mother generally produces twins most of the time. Because of this, they are the only demi-human group to have a restriction on breeding. This is in order to keep their population down.

Despite being weak, they are very fast. They are, in fact, the fastest demi-humans of all. Because of this they are used as scouts and fast attack units meant to harass the enemy. Outside of combat, they are mostly employed as waitresses, receptionists and other front of house jobs. This is mostly due to their friendly and lovable nature.

Oni:

Similar to the minotaurs in terms of physical appearance, minus the bull head. They have a mostly human appearance aside from the horns and skin colour. Considered to be more of an irregular variant of the minotaurs demi-humans, it's debated if they are a completely separate type. But due to the similar DNA they share, they are largely regarded as more of a variant but the name identifies them as separate due to the different cultural and ideological differences between the two groups.

Outside of their differences, they both play the same rolls in combat,

Kitsune:

One of the more peaceful demi-humans, Kitsune are considered to be messengers from the gods in the Shinto religion. However, while that is no longer the case their peaceful personalities make them very approachable and pleasant to be around. Due to their fox DNA, they support ears on their heads with orange hair. While they do have tails, the DNA has a mutation that gives a kitsune more then one tail. The more tails, the rarer they are.

Due to their approachability they are normally used as ambassadors, psychiatrists and similar areas. In combat, much like hu-hounds, they are used as fast attack units. But unlike hu-hounds who hunt in packs, kitsune hunt in singles making them assassins and snipers.