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“But despite being unworthy to pick up the leavings of h to do sohts on the station before he realized who he was talking to and started in with that char patter”
Dal’Virra scratched his neck furiously, his face a rictus of pain But he still had energy for Borbala, it sees and ran away to Andromeda like a coward Like a slave”
The batarian n of how far above Jalosk she considered herself She chuckled “Given that I am the only one on your side, you landless craven pustule, I would say you are not half se an Initiative cruiser”
The drell took a step to approach what Yorrik already found hi of as his patient The elcor had not often found it frustrating that he could not make his voice carry all the panic, desperation, and fear of their situation He could not bellow a command at them like Senna could Like he badly needed to But he felt it now He had to make them understand
“Urgent screao near him Do not touch him Do not allow his fluids to come in contact with you Especially you, Anax Therion”
But for once, that deep h All four of them stopped in their tracks They retreated slowly Anax understood instantly Her arm flared blue as she threw a biotic barrier toward Jalosk It hissed where it touched the wet, black, sour roaned ain; the barrier held Yorrik found hi how many biotics were on the ship A simple barrier would not stop a virus, but it could stop al or anyone else
“Stern ad with you? There is an infection on this ship and you want to go splashing around in the vomit of a sick man? Imperative: He must be isolated immediately There is an iso-chah the cleanlock vestibule at the end of the hall” However poorly supplied, the ated from both thefields A patient could enter froe between the corridor and the rest of the clinic
The elcor glanced fully at the blast pattern of the batarian’s bodily fluids Black globules dripped froht well be a sad joke now But it was all he had
The quarian co into his portable node and released the locks separating the Keelah Si’yah’s sole iso-cha it to the lass door slid aside “Sir, would you h
“Please tellon his lips “I haven’t done anything I don’t want to go in there I won’t put ers I’ll never leave it Not when the volus wantsFor the vicious cri up That’s all I did I woke up My pod released its seal I thought I was the first one revived But I felt terrible, just… just terrible And it’s so dark What happened to the lights? I tried to go down to the cargo hold but—” Another bout of nausea hit Anax’s barrier This tienated blood “I was just looking for el for oing to be locked up for it!”
“If one word of that is true I’o check on your precious babies before sneaking around six decks above theo hold on an empty ship? What did you do to the datacore, you piece of varren shit?”
Borbala snorted “Oh please,” she said “He can’t even spell it Show thatfor a place to stick his meat into it”
Jalosk Dal’Virra was soaked in sweat and shaking But not froht At least, not only from fear What batarian before this very second would let a volus see hi hysterically “Shut up, you vile bitch! Mother of wor “You can’t force me in there! Quarians have ethics I’ve heard So do drell and elcor and hanar You won’t force me You won’t That fat space elephant said not to touch me! He said! He said!”
Anax rolled her eyes and dropped her barrier Dal’Virra gave a ragged sigh of relief Then, without a word or even so id and she snapped hi thehiain A forcefield inside vanished, allowing him to shuffle into the iso-chamber and collapse on the cot
Yorrik thuet her attention “Fierce eet out of here You are susceptible You cannot risk exposure”