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[ Well, that takes some of the weight off her chest, but she still looks on with guilt. This is probably one of the hardest aspects of this job. The loss of life, the people that have go on despite it... it's this senseless violence that she'll never understand. ]

I had no idea you were informed. I'm sorry for dragging it back up, then.

Kaidan... can I ask you a couple of questions?

[ Will might have ruled him out of the suspect list. She's got her own skepticism, but following up is vital at this point. ]

It's about the nature of your relationship with Lounds.

It's alright, and yeah, you can. Who knows? Maybe I can help in some way.

[ Said blithely, but with a twist of his lips. He doesn't like it, it's messy business -- murder like this. He didn't have to see it often, and he'd been investigated for murder before -- and been guilty, but...

Well, he'd never been tried. You couldn't try teenagers who'd been kidnapped for a secret, illegal project, could you? ]

What sort of things do you want to know?

[ She keeps a straight face as she asks: ] Were you and Lounds ever involved with one another?

Me and Freddie?

[ A scoff. ]

No. She, ah, came onto me once -- we were going out for drinks -- but I'd... I was already interested in someone else. [ He's been holding onto this flame for like three years. ] I wasn't the type to go for one night stands, anyway.

[ Her eyes narrow.

Something isn't adding up. ]

So nothing happened at all between you two? How did she react?

No? I mean, we're -- we were -- friends. She was embarrassed, but...who wouldn't be?

[ He shrugged, and tilted his head. ]

I mean, I know I'd be embarrassed.

Then you were both on good terms before she was murdered.

[ She cocks her hip, trying to make sense of Chilton naming Kaidan of all his patients. Maybe he was the only with a connection to Freddie? ]

Sure, I mean, I offered to help her, if someone came after her. It seemed like they might, with Lunatic. I always told her what I thought about what she'd done. When she pulled the thing about imports...that -- It wasn't right.

But she knew I disagreed, and she knew why. I didn't respect her choices, but she...had a good heart in there. As difficult as it might've seemed sometimes.

[ Chilton's words may be at the back of her mind, but so are Jaime's, and her gut feeling is telling her Jaime knows Kaidan better than Chilton does. ]

Sounds like you two were close enough. [ She lifts a hand to place onto his shoulder in a comforting gesture. ] I'm very sorry about, Kaidan.

It's... yeah. Thanks.

[ He sighed, but didn't move her hand. ]

I'm used to losing friends, I've... lost some pretty important people in my life. But Freddie didn't deserve whatever happened to her. Murder? That's worse than dying on the battlefield. At least then you go down swinging. Murder just feels dirty -- wrong.

No one does.

[ She pulls her hand back, placing it against her hip. ]

This is might seem random, but given everything I have to ask: is Dr. Chilton your psychiatrist?

Doctor Chilton? [ He rubbed at the back of his neck, a bit sheepish. ]

Yeah, but I'm a bit bad about seeing him. Why? Do you think he did something?

To Lounds? I don't think so. They were close in their own way.

[ He seemed indebted to her and genuinely so. ]

Are you both getting along?

Aaaaas far as I know? [ He draws out the A -- consternation on his face. ]

This is a weird direction to take things.

Dr. Chilton pointed me in your direction. He seemed to have... concerns.

Me? Concerns?

[ He took a step back, eyebrows knitted in consternation. ]

Did he give a reason?

I was looking for anyone who had any ongoing feuds with Lounds.

[ Trying to assemble a suspects list, and Chilton gave her Kaidan's name. ]

You're both telling me very different stories.

[ So, he can see where the issue lies. ]

Ongoing feuds? Me?

[ He sighed, and shook his head. ]

I don't know why the doctor brought my name up? We never even talked about Freddie. We're -- we were friends. I don't know why he'd think that I'd -- have anything to do with --

[ He made a face, contorted and frustrated, and sad.] -- her death.

Wait, you didn't?

[ She raises both brows, mildly alarmed. ]

... that's not what he told me. The whole reason I'm here is because I thought you and Lounds had a relationship at one point and that there was, as Doc put it, "miscommunication" going on.

Yeah, that she wanted to just have sex, and I'm... I was looking for something more.

So we finished our drinks, and left?

Chilton believes you two slept together. He said you confided in him about it.

[ And she's looking quite put-off suddenly, though it isn't directed at Kaidan. ]

I didn't -- I mean, maybe I mispoke?

To give him that impression, we never slept together, but maybe something I said made him think we did.

Can you tell me what would make him think that? What did you say to him?

Uh... let me think.

[ He moved, then. Pacing, trying to work out -- ]

I might've talked about it with him in a bar, once. I think I told him that we had different ideas about what we wanted.

Well, Chilton might be under the impression you're the one who wanted to pursue, not Lounds.