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Dean looked at her when she spoke and said goodbye to the linnerian since it was only polite to say goodbye properly to someone who took time out of their day to lead him around the station. He looked at her and nodded when she spoke about how he could be a bit formal in public which he agreed, "I apologize, im actually not use to being around royalty of any kind to be honest. On earth and where im from, im just a ship jockey... an engineer who worked in the bowels of ships keeping it operational." He said honestly but he would act a bit more formal from now on. He then thought over how she had asked him if he would like to join her, "I would be more then happy to Lo... Queen Lolzi." He stated kindly to her as he followed her but as they finally got to a place they could dine provately, he looked at her but crossed his arms, "Whats wrong Lolzi?" He asked curiously to her as he thought it over, for some reason, he felt as if he could feel something was on her mind. He guessed it could have to do with her body posture or maybe that she just seemed almost as if she seemed in thought. He guessed it had something to do with how she said they needed to speak about other things. He found a spot to sit, "Did something happen during the meeting about my presence here?" He asked curiously and a bit concerned, mostly thinking back to what the A.I. had said and wondered what all was going on in the station.

Dean looked at her and explained what he did or did not like which he found that it was kind of hard to try explaining since he figured they wouldnt have the same kind of food. They didnt have cows and chickens like on earth, well they probably had equalivalent creatures but he didnt know what they were. Trying to explain what he liked though was a challenge but he did the best he could mostly allowing Lolzi to order what she enjoyed hoping that maybe her taste of food was really good. When she then began to speak about the meeting, he nodded, "Well some clearence is better then none at all." He stated thinking that it was something he could use and wasnt fully locked out with. He knew he had a lot to learn about these new cultures and at how they had a lot they probably wanted to learn of him. However when she spoke about the pink eyes, he nodded to her, "I promise i will do everything i can to learn more about all the cultures i can and learn about this station because i dont want to end up stepping on any toes or appearing like i was being rude." He said figuring it made a lot of sense but as he thought about the pink eyes, "I asked about the pink eyes because everyone seemed so specific about them, even Adella seemed fascinated by them and the AI said that i wasnt allowed access to Moi'ree mating information... do pink eyes mean anything about that?" He asked a bit shyly to her as he was nervous a bit at what the answer was.

He listened to her and was actually a bit sad she wasnt going to tell him since he still had no idea why it was such a big idea and knew it was best not to ask others about it of the linnerian tour guide since he didnt want any odd info or rumors to spread since it had something to do with Moi'ree mating information. He decided to just take it slow but he figured that he would study in the time outside of him being around people, "Alright but if its something youre allowed to tell me, dont be afraid to say it, im not one to scare easily." He promised as he thought it over, "Ive seen a lot of things in being an engineer, some that are scarring and others emotional... we machine grunts may be in the bowels of ships but you would be surprised how much emotion goes on there." He explained before the food arrived. He was a bit nervous, some items looked similar to stuff that are from earth, others completely foreign and something like from a cartoon almost. He decided to try some drinks first and he took a sip of something that almost seemed maybe minty but it had a cold taste to it. Another drink tasted fruity but, foreign of what he had before. Another drink was oddly normal tasting which he assumed was like a normal water. After trying a few drinks, he decided to try some of the foods, and some were good, one of the linnerian foods tasted similar to something grainy like rice and wasnt his cup of tea. It was going well when he tried one of the krogan meats, however it was much spicer then he expected, he began coughing since he had just had all the spices hit his throat since he didnt expect it. Feeling the burning in his throat, he grabbed the cold drink and had nearly guzzled it, sighing when it felt like it helped sooth as he sighed, calming down some after the slight burning episode.

He nodded to her intial words about speaking in private but he wasnt one to just brush things aside, "I may not know much about Moi'ree or about how your kind process emotions or such however ive been in the military before and ive seen when those of high stature are withholding info they believe should be said." He stated softly just setting that on the figurative table, "I understand as an outside that their will be many secrets kept til i can be trusted but i would like to ask that if it involves me personally that isnt of official or military issues, that you dont hold back." He said softly hoping she understood as he hoped she wouldnt feel like she had to hide stuff from him. He mostly said this because for some reason, he felt a lot of concern for her, which was surprising but not fully since she had saved him and kept them from using him as an experiment.

As he tried the food and when she laughed, he gently waved her off with his hand and gently took the ice cream like food as it did cool his mouth, "No no... its fine, humans do the same when someone else is in pain..." he reassured as he sighed, "Ow that hurt..." he said softly as he cautiously looked at the food, "Um... anything else you would recommend?" He asked figuring that her explaining her favorites might help him not just jump in suddenly again.

Dean nodded back when she said that before speaking of her favorites, which he felt as if the fact they were called pizza and sushi seemed odd til she realized his confusion and explained how the translator works to help him understand her words to the best of the english language. When she turned it off, he would wince, gasping some as he listened and would repeat what she said as the experiment of words went on but once she had them both on, he rubbed behind his ear, "Yeah... maybe we can figure out your name different at a different time..." he said softly not wanting to toggle the translator again because his brain was still processing the data coming from it. Humans had learned how to integrate some micro chips into their brains to help process info better, for engineers it helped in allowing them to react to situations faster since space didnt give much time to think when emergencies hit. Gently took the offered food and would eat a bit more til he felt satisfied and smiled softly, "Thank you again Lolzi for everything youve done... I wish their was more i could do for you in repayment. I hope I can find work soon to help show that im will repay my place here." He said hoping to show that he wasnt going to make them regret having saved him.

The weeks passed on and went through with Dean trying to do everything he could to get use to life among the locals since technically he was the alien to them. He did his best to try not seeming like the odd one out but he looked completely different from others. About 2 weeks in he was walking out of engineering when a Krogan from another section of the ship had decided to speak his mind to the human. Dean was about to leave when he closed his secure locker when he turned just in time to find a krogan grabbing him by the shoulder and pinning him up against the wall of lockers. He gasped but the Krogan growled, "Your kind arent welcome here, I dont care if the Moi'ree queen says to leave you alone, you wouldnt last a minute without her protection. Your kind are so violent and squishy... im not afraid of you but you should be afraid of us." He stated gruffly but Dean having struggled slightly, his left hand holding onto the Krogan's arm, "Hey... look pal, Im not here by choice, my ship blew up and i got stranded out here. Im just trying to do my part since i dont want to be some alien freeloader. And yes, you dont think i know my race is violent but you came and pinned me to the wall. Im not a violent person but even I admit that yes, in a fist fight, id lose but that doesnt mean id lay down and cower to an overgrown warrior. So how about this, you back off and we speak like normal creatures." He said as the Krogan looked him over, smell his fear but also noticed some confidence in his eyes. Thats when the Krogan heard the sound of an arming click for a laser cutter. He turned his attention down past his arm and saw the human had reached down, pickpocketed the Krogan's own tool which could easily cut through the Krogan's armor plating. The tool was armed but not fired, the Krogan growled slightly but then laughed, "Offering peace but arming yourself, A true warrior in my opinion." He said pulling back but of course Dean fell to the floor. The Krogan picked him up by the back of his neck, "I like your spunk tiny, using a Krogan's tool against him, even if I crushed your chest you would have done some damage." The Krogan was cheery that the human had guts. Dean hadnt mentioned this exchange to Lolzi, not wanting to get Kanja in trouble just for suspecting a human for being possibly a problem. They ended up becoming friendly as Dean spoke after work with the Krogan and learned a few things about engineering that he hadnt known which was honestly was nice to learn.

Of course over time he worried more about Lolzi since he had been seeing more and more signs about her health declining. He hadnt been able to look up anything about the pink eyes or anything about mating rutials which honestly actually wasnt a surprise it was locked for the three species. Seemed a bit personal of a topic for a human to learn of the reproductive system of the other aliens if humans info wasnt so up to date. However he had ideas from just speaking about customs with co-workers and the other engineers. He spoke with this rather talkative Linnerian supervisor who kept going off onto tangeants of topics so getting specific info was like a puzzle to siphon the bits to answers the actual questions he asked. Time just continued to pass and one evening he was glad to be home back at his apartment when he decided to stand on the balcony. He looked out but then glanced over to Lolzi's to find her sitting, wrapped in a blanket with some sort of IV drip, which he kept out of sight but now worried. He wanted to go rush to her aid but what if he made it worse.

The next day came, he went to work as usual but things just kept getting worse as his usual maintence suit was missing but he shrugged as he went to go make his checks over systems they gave him. Aside from using the spare suit, things were normal til he felt a vibration as their was an explosion in a nearby section of the engineering sector he was in. Many of the crew rushed to go quickly contain what happened, including Dean. When Lolzi walked into the room with the two comrades, Inarow seemed hesitant, "Their was an explosion in one of the main engineering departments that maintain the lifesupport of the entire station... and theirs evidence that the huma... that Dean was involved in causing the explosion." He said as he brought up a holo screen of a small figure in the maintence suit that Dean used running from where the explosion occured.

Dean arrived on scene finding Krogan trying to open up a pathway into a nearby core, "Whats going on?!" He asked but they told him to back off. This section of the engineering was usually manned by Krogan due to the high heat and radiation. Linnerian and Moi'ree wouldnt survive long without suits and even then they werent good lasting long since the proper suits were too bulky to work. Dean was annoyed but noticed Kanja, rushing to him, "Whats happened?!" He asked as his Krogan friend filled in Dean that their was explosion that knocked a reactor out of energy sync. The door to access it was damaged and the door wouldnt fully open, so none of the Krogans could access the core to stablize it. Dean looked at the door, but then ran over to the Krogan in charge of equipment, "Open one of the heavy suit assembly!" He stated as the krogan equipment master grunted, "No!" He stated figuring their was no time for the human to shop, but Dean got in his face, "For the honor of the Emperor! Open the damn assembly access or we all fry!" He stated angrily but determined as Kanja backed Dean up even though he wasnt sure. The Krogan opened the assembly revealing a heavy Krogan radiation suit but Dean grabbed and removed the belt part. Strapping the belt around his waist, a radiation shield formed around him, and he quickly rushed to the jammed door, "Hold it." He demanded but then slipped through, "Are you crazy human!?" One Krogan yelled but he was already inside.

Back with Lolzo, Shaal had just gotten word that Dean had gone into the damaged reactor. Shaal opened a live holo feed from inside the reactor and found he was in there and was moving by the safety railing, which also worked as a coolint tube. It was one of the few spots that wasnt heated metal. He got close to the damaged panel and opened it, but it bounced off the edge and hit his arm, causing a major burn but it could be treated later. His arm bleeding some but he ignored that as he worked to getting the panel fixed and was able to get it stablized before noticing the central tower of the reactor had been shifted from the explosion. Having fixed the panel the 'open circuit' like connection began sparking energy and radiation. He knew he ******** up some but he moved around the reactor, boosted the field around his feet and got a running start. He went and basically drop kicked the central unaligned tower kicking it back into place. The burst of energy threw Dean back onto a section of scourching metal as it burned holes in the back of his suit giving segments of his back third degree burns as he silently yelped in pain flopping back onto the cooler segment of the coolant pipe. He struggled to get out of the reactor, the shield wasnt designed to last long but with his arm and back burned it was hard to move without the pain. He fought through it and got back to the damaged door in time for a couple of Krogan to grab and yank him out through the gap and seal the door to be repair later. Dean was taken to the medical sector, and Shaal was updated, "Dean was just taken to the medical sector, he has 3rd degree burns on his back and forearm but nothing the bacta treatments wont fix, slight scaring maybe but nothing serious." He said as they both seemed confused on why Dean would be involved with the explosion yet risk his life as such.

Dean was taken to a quarintined room, looking similar to the first room he woke up in, but he was in there for radiation scrubbing as they also put some sort of gel sack over his wounded forearm and over his back after removing his shirt. The gel felt freezing but soon the pain began to subside as he sighed, holding onto the table as the bacta gel began to accelerate his body's natural healing and it had medicine in it. He heard some commotion outside and looked up, seeing a couple guards outside, almost posted but why would he need protection? Or were they not there to protect him?

Shaal was in the room when Kanja was brought up, escorted in as he looked at the military advisor, "General Shaal, why have you brought me up here?" He questioned as the Krogan leader looked at him, "The human, Dean, has evidence showing that he was the cause of the explosion that occured down below in the life support engineering sector. You seem rather friendly with him, do you believe these accusations to be true?" He asked as Kanja seemed legitametly shocked, "Absolutely not, the human may be out of his element here but ive never seen anyone take pride in his work for engineering." He said as Shaal put up a couple of pieces of evidence they had gathered.

It appeared that Dean's access code had been used a few times in some sectors he wasnt allowed to be in that were near the reactor that was damaged. Kanja saw this and the engineering Krogan wasnt a smart creature but he was good at his craft. He noticed on particular log, "Wait, that cant be right, that login from a week ago is incorrect on the time." Kanja said as Shaal looked at him, "How so?" He asked as Kanja hesitated but sighed, "Alright, so the linnerian's are overly zealous about their paperwork, you fill one out and then they have you fill out like 100 more. Well their was a component that needed replacing and we had to fill out paperwork to have a linnerian or Moi'ree come and replace it because its in a crawlspace too big for us Krogan. I figured, Dean could fit so I asked him to replace it." He said bringing up his data pod and showed a video clip he may have taken from the security to keep them from getting in trouble. It was from a week ago and it showed Dean and Kanja doing just that, replacing a simple component in a small crawlspace but it was far from the code input location that Dean wouldnt have been the one to use it. Kanja looked at Shaal, "Sir, I can say for certain the human wasnt involved because he seemed generally concerned and confused by the explosion like the rest of us." He stated just for the record.