User blog comment:Elseweyr/Mass Effect Book Club -- Special Edition: Foundation/@comment-4953843-20140329034922/@comment-9753034-20140330005753

The horn thing was mostly a joke on my part, though what TE78 said is true of course. If Mordin hadn't lost it, the mission related to the SB's report could well have been a later drop, with Maelon only displaying mild hesitation at this point and great distress later when they're forced to kill more females. Apart from the missing characters, no scouts busting them upon landing, no agricenter or hospital, seemingly no analyses performed, no eye-stabbing with pitchfork, no sedated Maelon, etc etc. Unless Walters forgot about the STG report, Rasa imagining all this is as good a verdict as any.

On a side note, I thought this Chaleen guy was female based on the name, how she and Mordin interact, and the way she touches his face in an oddly sensual frame on the second last page. They do call the Captain 'sir', though, so I suppose that's a stronger sign of her being male. Him. :p