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Antiques? Vague responses, blatant denial of information, and failure to acknowledge requests. If Geth experienced frustration, this would have been very irritating. A consensus had been reached. Querying Curator was proving fruitless. Personal investigation was deemed more efficient and more effective.

First the host. The pseudo-Quarian circled the pseudo-Drell, scanning each side and gathering thermal information as it orbited. A bullet-hole. Less than point-blank range. Probably a contact shot. How could we have missed this? Had this been a live Drell, such a wound would have been fatal. Perhaps that's what happened. Perhaps their mysterious host once shared a body with an organic. No. This was not supported by the fact that there was no brain. In its place there was processing device.
But hold on...
This processor is too small and simple for the level of responses demonstrated by this Curator. This is not Curator's platform. A further scan confirmed the Geths' suspicions. An alien type of send-receive device was attached to the processing unit. Curator has only been present by proxy. That still doesn't explain the Drell form. Reviewing the thermal scans in greater detail provided some insight. This organic matter around the processor... These are the remnants of an organic brain. After brief deliberation (undetectable by organic standards) a hypothesis was established. From the information present so far, it was possible that the mechanical endoskeleton grew within the body of this man. The processor had slowly replaced the brain and managed all of its former functions as well as some processes of its own. This hypothesis was supported by the food containers around the room. Remnants of fish and leafy vegetables, high in Magnesium, Iron, and Zinc, all of which were possible contents of the endoskeleton. Some of these foods were not commonly part of the Drell diet as it reacts poorly with their biology, resulting in frequent allergic reactions and digestive problems. At this point, the Drell digestive track had been largely untouched. The geth were certain that if they were to look, they would find surgical scars where cybernetic implants had been deposited, likely containing reserves of plastic extract, presumably also used in the inorganic constructs. This hypothesis would explain the lack of feng-shui in the room. It seems that the organic's personal effects had been here for some time before the "Antiques" were added.
This left one daunting question. Why? The Geth examined the room, searching or information and inspiration. A Citadel Security badge sitting on the table featured the name Seni. Seni what? The rest was illegible. In any case, Seni was likely the name of the apartment's late occupant. The one with the bullet in his head. This was not enough information to go on. A dead law-enforcement officer, a host both present and absent, "Antiques", and ... A signal? There had been a radio interference in the room since the Geth had entered. It was likely why Curator chose a vocal form of communication. At first it had seemed innocuous, the kind of signal that could come from anywhere. Natural geographical formations, many electronic send-receive devices on the same channel, solar activity, anywhere, but now, in the quest for answers, the Geth focused on it. The intensity of the signal now seemed suspiciously high for most incidental interference, and it was possible there was an underlying pattern. The frequency extended both above and below the Geths range of detection. It could even carry into other forms of electro-magnetism that this platform was not equipped to detect. This might explain the difficulty in detecting a pattern and its resemblance to interference.
The Geth turned their attention to the "Antiques". The signal strength was directly proportionate to the cube of the receivers proximity to the objects. Far greater than the 1 to 1 ratio common of other wave-form signals. This was something else. The Geth stepped towards the large central machine and rested a hand on its surface, partly to test the material, partially some other reason that the Geth found themselves unable to describe. Something was happening.