"I can't imagine thinking you're alone in the universe," Tali admitted with a shake of her head. "But so many people here really seem to think that they are. Maybe they're right. That seems strange to me...and a little sad, and lonely."

Since her system seemed to be all right with it--no breaking out in a rash, no constriction of her airways or churning stomach--Tali ate another bite of sushi. "I'm an engineer," she replied after she'd chewed and swallowed. "Specifically starship engines. It's an important job, when your people live exclusively on ships, so quarians have a lot of engineers. I haven't really figured out what to do with myself here. There aren't exactly a lot of drive cores that need to be cleaned up. What about you, what do you do?"