"Yes, we noticed those. Myself and the Chief Medical Officer were quite curious." Satisfying to get some answers out of a calm, civil man instead of tantrums and unreasonable demands. He's still an exotic, certainly not a Cetagandan, but he's refreshingly less obnoxious.

"Element zero?" That gets a raise of her eyebrows. "I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar. There are many forms of radiation that can cause teratogenic damage, but we've yet to uncover any with such effects on the human nervous system. I'm surprised your geneticists haven't determined the cause."

They must not be very advanced, in that case. Diya's certain her team could uncover the underlying cause, if they had more of a sample. Kaidan's alone wouldn't suffice.