Chapter 132: You Can Buy Anything on Illium

=== Summary ===
Garrus, Liara, and Aria meet at Har’stein Weiak’s mansion- a property Aria has purchased at a fire-sale price and intends to turn into an entertainment complex. In the meantime, it provides an excellent meeting spot and the asari criminal empress declares demolition via biotics to be excellent therapy.
The three discuss worries over Shepard’s health and mysterious implants, their success in commandeering approximately half the Marquis’ assets, as well as attempting to find out who tried to kill Kaidan. Liara decides to turn her attention to the last issue, starting with their only evidence: the chemical profile of the neurotoxin used.
Her search leads her back to Noveria’s Port Hanshan, where she meets with the new Administrator Lorik Qui’in, who directs her to start with the Sirta Foundation and sends Officer Gianna Parasini along as backup. Getting in turns out to be too easy- they find themselves in a Minos ambush after being admitted to the biomedical wing. While they dispatch the soldiers handily, the scientists escape with the data they were looking for.
The next day, Glyph alerts Liara to a connection between some shell companies owned by the Marquis and Shepard. Liara glances at the data and moves up her bridesmaid gown fitting.
Once alone with Aeran’Celet, Liara ensures they can’t be overheard and flatly asks Aeran “What does he have on you, and is he using you to get to Shepard?”. Aeran initially denies knowing what Liara is asking about, but quickly confirms that the Marquis has her deeply in debt to him (buying him out is going to take years of Shepard’s patronage), and he’d forced Aeran to pass along several notes in her dresses as well as inform him of any upcoming fitting appointments Shepard has. Liara seizes on the knowledge that Aeran has a way to contact the sadistic turian, and offers protection and a buyout if Aeran can tell Liara anything he tells her- especially if it has anything to do with his hiding spots.
Aeran replies that she can, in fact, provide a list of his hiding spots.
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A considerably more-organized channel list, the impressive breadth of knowledge represented amongst EOTA readers, and Jeff.