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WHO: Mordin, Open!
WHERE: Liege's Quadrant - Mountain caves~
WHEN: Late evening-ish
WHAT: Bored, a certain Salarian scientist is out and about
WARNINGS: N/A--well, mentions of death I guess?

Sinking down onto a rather well placed and appropriately sized boulder, Mordin exhaled softly as he closed his eyes for a moment. He'd been out for a couple hours now just exploring and observing the area, needing to do something because frankly he felt useless here. Without purpose. Back in his proper time stream he'd had goals, projects, things to assist with.

And then had come his ultimate sacrifice and accomplishment, one that he'd been prepared to die for. Had accepted that his death was inevitable.

But then he'd woken up here in Haven and he was at a loss. Wrex didn't know him, Garrus was illusive, and Shepard was out of her element. Sure he'd met several interesting individuals and there were plenty of new species but what was the point of it all outside of learning, which he did enjoy but he felt so...

Useless.

It probably didn't help that he wasn't in his prime anymore and he couldn't keep up like he should. But resting--sitting still--was hard and not something Mordin was fond of.

Eyes opening again as he exhaled, Mordin glanced down at his omni-tool, tapping in a quick sequence before looking over some scan results from the surrounding area. The cave system was intriguing and he wanted to explore it more...though he knew in the back of his mind he should ask someone to go with him.

Ah, but that would mean bothering the others with something trivial.

He pushed himself up off his perch and started to walk again, heading for the caves with the intent of doing a full scale survey.

Because why not.

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"No need to worry. Can take care of anything that may attack," Mordin said absently, waving his hand a bit as he cast the feline his version of a reassuring look.

Which...honestly wasn't all that different from his normal look but he thinks it is!

"Haven't picked up life signs either. Most of Haven vacant outside of residents of the temples. Badlands seems to have lifesigns though. Very curious about that," he muses as he starts into the cave, activating a lighting function on his omni-tool to give himself a clear view of things.

Err, no offense Mordin, but you are not exactly impressive, and Shira honestly doubt you could protect her from anything bigger than a mouse but hey, it's the thought that count!

And she can run very fast anyway.

"I heard that the Badlands were very bad news. Lots of people disappearing in there. So let's just say it's not very wise to go too close to them, even by curiosity?"

The feline frowned, ears flattening on her skull when the sudden light hurt her eyes already adapted to the darkness. Yeouch! Oh, well, many persons couldn't see in the dark like she did, but it didn't mean you could blind her on the first occasion!

Oh, Shira. Don't underestimate the Salarian. You haven't seen him in battle yet. Mordin wasn't a special ops agent for nothing~

"Makes it all the more intriguing," Mordin said without missing a beat as he paused to look over some rocks he'd picked up, turning them over in his hands before letting them drop. He glanced at the feline, looking quite pleased. "Nothing was ever discovered without some danger involved. Done many things. Have no time for hesitation and worry about potential threats."

He continued on then, motioning for her to follow as they headed further into the cave, Mordin absently starting to hum a bit.

Well, to be fair, Shira doesn't even know what a special ops agent is. She can't judge someone by his/her firearm skills, as firearms didn't exist in her world: she only knew that when you were big, you were strong. Claws and teeth are a good bonus too.

"I wonder if you did not forget your survival instincts on your... planet." She simply looked around as the Salarian studied some rocks, sniffing the air. No strange scent, or at least no stranger scent than usual. No trace of blood, which was too bad because Shira was all for a snack.

The feline followed Mordin, senses in alert but otherwise no particularly worried. Nothing caught her eyes as they wandered in the cave, and since exploration wasn't exactly her thing, it didn't bother her more than that. She left the science to Mordin, thank you very much!

"Quite capable of surviving. Not worried. Something to be scared of?" Mordin inquired, glancing at her as they continued walking. "Or scared yourself? No reason to be. Will keep you safe."

And he would. If something happened that required him to act he would, quite swiftly.