You've been keeping track? [Who is she kidding? This is Garrus 'I probably have a collection of hatch marks representing everyone I've sniped' Vakarian. Of course he's been keeping track.]
Anyway if we don't get this door open soon, you might be closer to finding out.
Not that I doubt your judgment, commander [It's a disclaimer out of habit: he respects her, despite the fact that she's not-- well, that they're not exactly--
She's different here. In some ways more than others, but whatever the cause or reason, she's still Shepard. Dismissing that just seems wrong.] but they've been doing that for days. Sitting down for an hour or two won't kill you.
--Unless you're allergic. Which would explain a lot, actually.
[Which is precisely the same moment the door controls choose to short out, sparking from the wall panel. Shepard makes an undignified noise - more surprised than hurt - and jerks her hand away.]
Son of a--
[There's a low noise that reverberates through the entire suite as the atmosphere shifts, either as a side effect from the short or from something else all together. But there's no denying that it's suddenly become a touch less climate as the heat begins to drain from the air.]
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[Garrus takes a step or two over towards the nightstand, lifting an obviously well-crafted decanter filled with something dark and red and wine-ish.
Or blood. It could also be blood.]
So far the record's two hundred and fifty-six to zero. How you humans keep from starving, Shepard, is beyond me.
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Anyway if we don't get this door open soon, you might be closer to finding out.
no subject
She's different here. In some ways more than others, but whatever the cause or reason, she's still Shepard. Dismissing that just seems wrong.] but they've been doing that for days. Sitting down for an hour or two won't kill you.
--Unless you're allergic. Which would explain a lot, actually.
no subject
Son of a--
[There's a low noise that reverberates through the entire suite as the atmosphere shifts, either as a side effect from the short or from something else all together. But there's no denying that it's suddenly become a touch less climate as the heat begins to drain from the air.]