Video.

[cmdr_renegade]

[The feed isn't as manicured as Shepard often prefers her video feeds to be, it's very clearly spur of the moment. The area behind her clearly a section of their base, a hallway in some building, and the wall behind her is splattered with a healthy streak of blue and a few stray impact holes. Judging by the freshness and the way that color had

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video;

[reunified]

[ ...Isn't that the guy who saved his ass? ]

What? What did he do?

Video.

[cmdr_renegade]

The blood not a clear enough indication for you, Mr. Helpful? [Shepard is motioning to someone off screen and, as she stands, you get a fairly good shot of a well armored corpse at her feet.]

He's gone off the deep end.

Video.

[reunified]

[ Altman just stares for a moment, then abruptly disconnects. ]

audio;

[standaloneshell]

[Oh, Shepard. This is the nicest thing you've ever said.]

Casualties?

Audio.

[cmdr_renegade]

One.

Shoot to kill.

Audio.

[standaloneshell]

Of course.

[And then the encryption goes up. Very fancy.]

Do you need an extraction?

Audio.

[cmdr_renegade]

No. The [There's a hitch here. Shepard is clearly stumbling over her own anger for just a moment.] medical emergency is over.

If Zaeed steps in range of this building, he won't have time to regret it.

video

[oneliners]

[ D: PANCAKE FRIEND?! ]

Zaeed?

Video.

[cmdr_renegade]

That would be the crazed merc I'm talking about.

[Shepard's expression is more than a little disturbed, vacillating between seething rage and cold calculation.]

Video.

[oneliners]

[ Man, what did you do, bro? That looks like alien blood. This ain't good. ]

...Understood.

[notsoloyal]

... Isn't crazy normal for him?

[cmdr_renegade]

Maybe I was unclear, maybe you aren't paying attention.

I don't usually give out orders to gun down my crew. This type of crazy: nonstandard.

[notsoloyal]

You never did specify on the specific crazy levels. So he is another one having some unfortunate mental issues.

... That blood. Or I am assuming it is blood. Can I have a sample?

[cmdr_renegade]

[Shepard is silent as she just eyes Shockwave like a Batarian street-vendor who'd just thrown out a particularly offensive racial slur. She comes to the conclusion that if he has a gun, he won't shoot to kill.]

No.

[She disconnects like a flouncy, flouncy bitch.]

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[eighttotwelve]

[Thane just remains silent, looking down at the body, then looking back up quietly at the wall.

Down, then up. Then, finally.]

Understood.

[He's probably talking to Shepard. Probably.]

Action.

[cmdr_renegade]

[Shepard is so incoherently angry right now, that she hardly notices Thane's ambiguous and troubling answer. She just double checks her pistol and scowls at the impacts on the wall.]

Get moving. He can't be too far.

[It's still broadcasting all of this over an open video feed. It says something that she hasn't bothered, or remembered, to deactivate it and preserve at least some semblance of secrecy.]

Action.

[eighttotwelve]

Of course.

[He murmurs to himself, either excusing himself as he heads into the vents or something else entirely. But he will not forget the state of the turian on the floor.

No, it will be impossible for him to forget, and more so for Shepard.]