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Liara T'Soni Asari scientist; Shadow Broker Private & selective Mass Effect blog

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“You don’t have to be shy with me. I keep good secrets, T’Soni,” she promised her, before hesitating. “This may not be pertinent, but I’m still not a priest. Please don’t confess to any murders. You might be a little surprised to find this is actually a common problem, but I do need to report that stuff to the police by law. No religious exemption. I’ve had a few patients who are…confused.”

She’s a little amused at the way the asari gets angry at her. “Be my guest. I was just trying to save you the trouble of having to walk over to the coffee machine like that. You were shy about taking that armor off to begin with.” She shrugs. “I’m just telling you not to worry about it. Spilled coffee isn’t a big deal.” 

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“You’ve had patients confess murders to you?” Liara looks a little stunned by that, but at the same time, there’s a little smile playing at the corners of her lips. It’s amusing as well, especially considering her current line of work, but she isn’t going to say anything on that. “Then you’ll be happy to know I have no such confessions myself. The things I shoot when on missions with the Commander aren’t exactly sentient or alive, so I don’t believe they qualify as murder.”

The annoyed look is gone a moment later, and she gives her head a small shake. “All right. Then I won’t bother with it,” she says. “Still, I am sorry. I don’t imagine having your coffee knocked out of your hand is the best start to your day.” One corner of her mouth turns up. “I will say that you took it better than I imagine any of the Normandy crew would. I’m fairly sure any one of them would have lost their minds.”

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That’s one thing she can’t stand about those other Ph.D types. They get all shy when it comes to the body, as if it isn’t natural. She can see the way T’Soni hesitates. “I’m a doctor,” she reminds her. “If I wanted to see your naval, I’d buy you a few drinks instead of spilling them all down your front.”

She sighs and starts to apply the medigel to the asari’s skin, watching as it quickly soothes the burn. “You don’t even need a bandage. You’ll be fine,” she assures her.

Her brow perks up at the question. “I don’t know. Can you?” she asks, just like a teacher would. “We have coffee in the break room that’s free. I’ll just go get another cup. It’s not a big deal.”

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The comments simply makes her face heat up some, but she hopes she can play it off as something from the hot drink being spilled on her. “Yes, sorry. Old, shy habits are hard to shake,” she replies, beginning to pull off the top of her uniform completely now the medigel is on. She feels strange without anything covering her arms, exposed even, but she can manage until she’s back on the Normandy.

If there’s any blush in her face, it’s gone now and replaced an expression of annoyance at the other doctor’s condescending tone. “I realize that; I was only asking if you wanted me to grab it for you,” she says, fold her uniform up carefully, keeping the stained side up. “I will be in Huerta for a little while longer as is, so it’s not like I will be going too far out of my way to.”

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She simpered, caused by her daughter’s rapturous interest in such a subject that begrimed her. It was the little joys expressed by her little one that always seemed to soften her at times. “We will most surely give them a bath as well.” Her laugh coming out a small hum between her words. “Come,” She began, rising back to stand again, her hand gently resting on the back of Liara’s shoulder, “To the washroom, little wing.”

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Liara nodded with a wordless chirp. She would have run on ahead, but she doubted her mother would be happy with her if she did, and got anything dirty; she had already walked a thin line coming inside as filthy as she was, and didn’t want to push her luck further. “Mother,” she said, as she followed her out of the room. “Digging up fossils and stuff is something adults can do as jobs, right?”

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“That was rotten luck all around,” Cecilia grumbles, mourning the loss of her coffee more than T’Soni’s stained shirt. Not that she’ll admit that to the asari she just might have given a few mld burns to. 

Noticing the room they’re in is empty, Cecilia closes the door quickly. “This won’t take long,” she promises, reaching in the cupboards to pull out a few of the basics they keep stocked in every room. “Just take off your shirt. I have med-gel with coolant we’ll put on that and your skin will feel perfectly normal in a few seconds.” 

She already has the gel handy, and waits patiently (but with a rather impatient look) for Liara to do as she told her. 

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And then, Liara feels like the shy archeologist she had been years ago at the request. She even looks the part, what with her uniform on, and her arms up at her chest. Her hands are only up because she’s trying to keep the wet clothing away from her skin, but it simply gives her that shy look. She doesn’t like it, and she knows she’s just going to annoy Cecilia even more.

Her lips press together for a moment, and she finishes unbuttoning the top half of the uniform, pulling it back to her shoulders and then shrugging it off just slightly. For the second time today, she’s glad for the tank top covering her.

“If you would like,” she begins slowly, unsure of the doctor’s mood at the moment, “I can grab you a replacement coffee once this is taken care of?” It hadn’t meant to come out as a question, but it did.

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Goddess, of course the day she chooses to wear her science officer uniform instead of her usual armour is the day someone spills scalding coffee down her front. Part of her brain recognizes right away that this is going to hurt, and she should try to pull the fabric away from her skin, but the majority is a little stunned.

It’s only a second later that she feels the heat, and she can’t help the pained yelp she lets out when it registers. She tugs at her uniform, trying to hurriedly undo it and pull it away from her chest (she’s now thankful she thought to wear one of the Alliance tank tops requisitioned for the Normandy crew). The water from Cecilia gets to her first, and it does offer some relief.

“No harm done,” she gasps, sliding a hand into her unbuttoned uniform to make sure her skin is okay. “Although, now I’m regretting my choice in attire for today.” She’s definitely not happy with the turn of events, but she’s not going to blame Cecilia for it; it was an accident, after all. “I’m sorry for walking into you. I didn’t notice you coming this way.”

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Shepard darted awake and sat up quickly, relaxing instantly when she saw who had woken her. “Hi Liara. Everything okay?”

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“I’m sorry, Shepard; I didn’t mean to wake you. But yes, everything is fine.” She approached the Commander, a datapad in hand. “But some important intel concerning the Crucible Project crossed my desk, and I thought you should see it sooner rather than later.”

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baby liara bathing her fossil is the cutest thing ever

[ hehe. you know she would do something like that as a little kid ]

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Benezia knows that soon as Liara’s head rests against her, there would be a mark there, but in the small moment, she let it pass with the growing warmth for her daughter. She glanced at Liara through half lidded eyes of affection, “We will see.” Her tone grows soft, glancing at the rock and then her daughter again. Benezia moved back, placing a gentle hand on her daughter’s cheek “First, we must deal with the mess, and then we can talk about your… excavation.” 

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Liara lifts her head as she feels her mother pull back, bright eyes following Benezia’s face. There’s a hint of worry there that says she’s worried that Benezia’s going to mad at her, but when her tone changes, that look is gone in a flash. “Okay,” she says, arms beginning to lift, but she remembers a moment later that she’s quite dirty; Benezia likely won’t want to carry her until that’s cleaned off. “My fossil needs a bath too. It’s even dirtier than I am!”

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“Goddess Liara, the garden?” With the mess on her clothes, she could only imagine the mess in the garden. “I cannot leave you alone for a moment, can I?” A self posed question, this was her fault for not being as attentive, but Liara should have known better. At least Benezia believed so. “We need to clean you up, get you into a new change of clothes.” Though to her daughter, she was clearly ignoring the use of terms she may have learned on her own, she had been listening, took notice of her daughters interest. But for now there was a mess to clean, “We will talk about your rock later.”

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That bright smile on her face begins to fade as it becomes apparent to her that her mother had no real interest in her little prize. All she hears is scolding and irritation in her mother’s voice. She looks incredibly put out now, but she doesn’t argue with her mother; she knows she’ll never win. She tips forward just enough that her face is nestled against Benezia’s shoulder. “Okay . . .” she replies, her voice muffled. “Am I in trouble, mother?”

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She’d been waiting for Liara in her cabin, but before the asari returned, she totally fell asleep.

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“Shep--” She was asleep, and Liara wasn’t sure if she should wake her; the Commander needed all the sleep she could get, but this was important. “Shepard?”

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At first, she hesitates acknowledge her daughter’s calls, wanting to read the last few lines of text before her attention was diverted. “Liara!” The voice of an exasperated mother at the sight of Liara’s current state, covered in dirt and leaving a trail along the floor. She pushed away from the desk, crouching down before her daughter to wipe some of the dirt from around her eyes with her hand, “Why are you covered in dirt?” She lightly gasps Liara’s wrist, to raise her arm to check how covered she really was from front to back, until she eyes the rock in her hand, “Where did you find this?”

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Liara’s a little miffed that her find isn’t the first thing that’s acknowledged by Benezia, and she makes an unhappy “Mmph!” noise as her mother attempts to clean some of the dirt off of her skin. “I was . . . ex-cah-vay-ting. That’s the word for digging for fossils and artifacts!” The word is a little hard for her to pronounce, so she sounds it out. “And I found it just out back in one of the gardens. Can I keep it?”

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“Mother, look what I found!” The little asari is a mess; her hands are covered in dirt to the point where it’s hard to see the blue skin underneath, and the knees of her pants are just as filthy. But she has a bright grin on her face, and a stone about the size of her fist clutched between her small hands. She holds out her find for her mother to see. “It’s a fossil, I think!”

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[ *is here for your young!Liara urges* ]

[ enabler. but now i definitely wanna write it ]

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“Really, what’s the worst I could do?”  She glances down.  “Accidentally hit this one key conveniently labelled ‘delete’?”

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“Don’t.” And just to be sure, she angles herself just enough to make it hard for Monica to reach the keyboard. “I will make good on my threat if you do.”

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“Resorting to threats of physical violence so soon though?  Really, from the way Shepard talks, I thought you were nicer.”

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“Normally, I am, but my patience is particularly thin today. Your touching my stuff isn’t helping matters in the least bit.”