[ Nihlus's scorched helmet appears around the corner of the door frame, the carbon burns catching the light of her omni-tool oddly. For a moment, he's silent and then- there's a click of a pistol being clipped back against thigh plating and, slowly, he emerges, careful to keep his hands in view as he reaches up.
There's a hiss of an airtight seal being broken and then Nihlus is carefully sliding his helmet off to reveal the long cut across his brow, nose and cheek. It was too shallow to warrant using the limited supply of medi-gel on, but still fresh enough and deep enough that a light swipe of his gloved thumb brings blood welling to surface, fresh and bright cobalt against white markings. ]
Blue, [ he answers softly, feeling a relief so thorough that he nearly collapses on the spot.
It's Shepard. It's Jane. The real one.
She's alive.
He almost does reach out to pull her close, to embrace her, but residual paranoia stays his hands and he hangs there for a long moment instead, trying to figure out what to say. Trying to break through the confused mix of fight and flight instincts, the sudden lead weight of exhaustion and pain settling over his body. ]
We need to stop them. These- things. I saw yours. And Saren's. And some others making my way here.
[ He doesn't know about the network announcement. ]
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There's a hiss of an airtight seal being broken and then Nihlus is carefully sliding his helmet off to reveal the long cut across his brow, nose and cheek. It was too shallow to warrant using the limited supply of medi-gel on, but still fresh enough and deep enough that a light swipe of his gloved thumb brings blood welling to surface, fresh and bright cobalt against white markings. ]
Blue, [ he answers softly, feeling a relief so thorough that he nearly collapses on the spot.
It's Shepard. It's Jane. The real one.
She's alive.
He almost does reach out to pull her close, to embrace her, but residual paranoia stays his hands and he hangs there for a long moment instead, trying to figure out what to say. Trying to break through the confused mix of fight and flight instincts, the sudden lead weight of exhaustion and pain settling over his body. ]
We need to stop them. These- things. I saw yours. And Saren's. And some others making my way here.
[ He doesn't know about the network announcement. ]