An easy solution is presented but neither can accept it.

"This isn't happening," Liara whimpered, "this can't be happening."

"Liara," Shephard said trying and failing to sound calm, "It's ok. We-we just have to. If we can just.."

As Shephard tried to come up with a strategy to calm her bondmate, another Skycar zoomed above them. The couple shrieked in fear and ducked back down while holding one another.

"We have to find a way back inside." Shephard said face pressed against Liara's. "We have to sneak over to the entrance of Tiberius Towers. If we can just get to the elevators, we'll be golden."

"T-that won't work," Liara interjected. Her voice trembling in fear, "The apartments still locked down."

"Your father got in."

"She had special access codes."

"Any you don't"

"Not one me!"

"Is there really no other way in?"

"No, the lockdown has to be shut down from inside. Fortunately, it shuts down automatically if someone leaves or if they open the front door. So, to get back inside we'd have to either wait for our parents to leave or"

"Go up there and ring the buzzer." Shephard groaned. Liara nodded. A silence overtook the back alley. The lovers desperately wanted to get back inside. The nudist or exhibitionist feelings that had fueled them through their naked day were truly extinguished now that they were kicked out of their Eden leaving behind two frightened young women terrified of anyone seeing them naked. No price should have been too high to protect their modesty.

On the other hand, both women could just imagine themselves buzzing their parents to let them back inside their apartment. They saw Hannah Shephard and Matriarch Aethyta standing before the viewings screen wondering if their daughters had finally returned only to see them in the elevator naked as they day they were born, arms glued to their privates. Shephard could just imagine the disappointment on her mother's face and Liara could only guess how loudly her father would laugh.

The naked lovers looked at one another. Their decisions made.

"You know Shephard," Liara started with a unconvincing smile, "I'm sure we could find p-perfectly appropriate attire if we looked around right. I-it would only take a few minutes, right?"

"R-right," Shephard lied to herself, "and I'm sure our parents will get bored and leave the apartment any minute now anyway. There's no need to rush!"

The two awkwardly chuckled to themselves. Trying and failing to convince themselves what they were doing was a good idea.