(Artwork by: Avai-Chan)

Samara stood silent vigil in a shadowed corner of the Presidium Commons. A flash of movement caught her keen asari senses. Samara turned, gliding silently toward the disturbance with preternatural grace. Rounding an artificial hedge, she found a Salarian merchant cornered by two lurking figures. Thieves, from their hostile demenors.

"Step away from the merchant," Samara commanded. The would-be thieves spun, reaching for hidden weapons. But Samara was faster. Biotics flared, warping the metal tools from grasping fingers in bursts of warp energy.

Do you escalate or deescalate the situation?