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[Xen isn't anywhere sunny or fun. Quarians don't really have the option of things like swimming or sunbathing, even if she wanted to. Instead, she's leaning over some sort of computer terminal in a room. One doesn't need to see the face beneath that visor to tell from her body language that she's annoyed. After several moments of collecting her thoughts, that hooded mask turns to the camera.]

And so, outside of indoctrination, it would seem I truly am left with only two logical conclusions...

[Quarians only have two fingers and one thumb on each hand, but they're tapping rhythmically against the terminal as she ponders this. As she comes to a decision.]

Very well. If your bosh'tet of an Admiral is unwilling to correct matters, then I shall be forced to consider alternatives.

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doctor_j_crane

What are you attempting to do?

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childhood_surgery

Analysing...

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doctor_j_crane

Analyzing what?

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childhood_surgery

What I can of this data... I seem to be confronted by either simulation or transdimensional abduction and neither assists me in contacting my people.

But this location offers far more than quandaries.

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doctor_j_crane

It's likely sheer distance that's preventing contact. We may not even be in the same dimension as your people.

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childhood_surgery

Assuming what is perceived is truthful, then no. We are not. If these archives are to be believed, not only has history severely differed, but physics, themselves, adhere to almost completely different laws.

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doctor_j_crane

It's not uncommon for that to occur in the places we visit. All you can do is catalog whatever information you can find and hope that it comes in useful in future.

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childhood_surgery

[There's a single note of mildly amused laughter.]

Information... Yeees... As you say.

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doctor_j_crane

If you were feeling particularly charitable, you could donate a copy of whatever you find to the library.

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childhood_surgery

With luck, I'll be managing more than that...

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doctor_j_crane

That sounds very ominous. Should I be concerned for my well being?

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childhood_surgery

While I'm sure Kirk presently has the ability to monitor private channels, I'm rather less convinced of his sense of duty. Nevertheless... In answer to your question, that all depends on what you can contribute.

Anything electronic, mechanical or which can function as a tool. Preferably in working condition.

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doctor_j_crane

Ah. That seems to me like you're asking me to become involved in something rather nefarious. I'd have to know what it is to gauge whether I'm interested or not.

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childhood_surgery

Not in the slightest. It's simply a method of communication.

As an Admiral of the Migrant Fleet imprisoned against my will in a time of war, it is my duty to seek a means of informing my people as to my present situation.

A right we should all be afforded, no...?

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doctor_j_crane

I only know a handful of people who have ever gotten that privilege. I certainly haven't myself, so you'll have to excuse my lack of sympathy for your situation.