"It's my duty to serve, ma'am," he answered coyly back, but as they fell into step and onto the elevator he wiped the smirk and playfulness off his face. They were coming up to do-or-die time, he told himself. Whatever he thought of his commander, sexual or otherwise, it was time to shut up and listen. He stepped out behind her and took his place between Calypso and Talyet, the latter of which gave him a sly glance. He ignored it entirely. There was work to do.<br/><br/>"ETA three minutes, commander," Suni answered over the ship's PA. "Scanners indicate a single comm relay of geth design attached to the relay. Translation incoming... it's sending out a single message, ma'am. 'Stay away'."<br/><br/>"Oh, that's promising," Faust muttered.<br/><br/>"Transmitting activation code, ma'am. Holding position one-point-five k from relay's event horizon."<br/><br/>Calypso took a deep breath, then grinned over at the commander. "Well, boss lady, guess it's time for us to go diving into hell again, eh? Don't worry, we already took a consensus. We'll only mutiny if there's no ass on the other side of the relay. You better hope whatever civilization's there puts out." She winked, and Faust gave her a look of utter disgust, mandibles clicking.<br/><br/>"We certainly did<i>not</i>come to such an arrangement. I do, however, find it concerning that the<i>geth</i>put up a 'do not pass' beacon. Commander, are we sure we want to do this? If whatever's on the other side scares the geth that much..."<br/><br/>"Then we want to know. It's our job to find out." Cole leaned on the edge of the map with both arms and nodded at Reese. "Let's do it, Commander. All in."