Time enough to settle in is time enough to start asking questions, even if it's only in the privacy of his own mind. Kaidan's gotten familiar with the layout of much of the lower-security areas of the Cetagandan base through the simple approach of quietly going about his business and keeping his eyes open. Being put to work as a repair technician had helped still more, as a man with a electronics diagnostic kit was a man with a reason to be in a lot of places, especially in the wake of the guerilla raid.

He'd come up short on excuses to investigate the gene labs, and so the arrival of the lady d'Zefyst means he's caught short with a slightly sheepish expression and one hand lifting to rub at the nape of his neck. "Ah... not exactly," he admits, deciding on the truth after a look at her expression. "Curiosity only, ma'am." The haut are as human as he is, he's put together, but there's something about the woman that reminds him of an asari matriarch: ageless, seemingly serene, and worth all the more caution because of it.