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themainframe2013-09-04 01:32 am
calibrates_big_guns) wrote in themainframe2013-09-04 01:32 am
[Video] Waking Up Alone
[Garrus appears on screen, running a hand through his hair. He didn't seem sad, or shaken, or depressed, or at least he was trying not to. He was just looking for the right way to say this. Not for his sake, but for the kids. Sugar coating things was something he was never good at, so eventually, he just settled on saying it.]
Shepard's gone, and ... I don't think it's another data-stream. Don't ask me how I know, but something in my gut tells me she's back home.
[He sighs, again fishing for words. He'd been doing that a lot recently, thinking about it.]
I can't exactly speak for her, but, ah ... I'm sure she'd say she's sorry for just up and disappearing. And that if she could have, she would have said goodbye.
[There's a little loneliness in his eyes for a moment, as he offers a reassuring smile aimed at the kids.]
I'm not much of a substitute, but if anyone needs to talk, or, ... or anything, I'll be around.
Shepard's gone, and ... I don't think it's another data-stream. Don't ask me how I know, but something in my gut tells me she's back home.
[He sighs, again fishing for words. He'd been doing that a lot recently, thinking about it.]
I can't exactly speak for her, but, ah ... I'm sure she'd say she's sorry for just up and disappearing. And that if she could have, she would have said goodbye.
[There's a little loneliness in his eyes for a moment, as he offers a reassuring smile aimed at the kids.]
I'm not much of a substitute, but if anyone needs to talk, or, ... or anything, I'll be around.
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[How does one...really react to this? Garrus and Wheeljack are scarily alike. And he knows the normal way ('Sorry for your loss') just doesn't cut it.]
How you holdin' up.
[Not like he cares.]
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[Garrus sighs, and shakes his head before looking back up. He was never good at this whole "feelings" thing, so hell if he knows.]
As well as I could be, I guess? I don't know ... it hurts, but ... at least she's home. At least she's with everyone else, and safe. Or as safe as she ever can be. Always getting in to the middle of something or other ... And they need her more than I do. With what's coming.
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Just until ya meet again.
[That was so dumb to say, Wheeljack. He even covers his face to hide that personal secondhand embarrassment to himself.]
Just...keep thinkin' that.
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I know. It helps too look at it that way ... I just wish she was here, or I was there, or something.
... I don't like the idea of her fighting the Reapers when I'm not there. I know that she can fight them, hell, she might even win, but I still don't like it.
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...
Who knows, maybe fate'll hit ya. If I believed in that kind of stuff.
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[Without a doubt, there is no one alive or dead that Garrus respects and admires more than Shepard, and it is obvious the way he speaks about her.]
It's not even just her combat skills, though. They're damn impressive to be sure, but there's more than that. She inspires people, brings out the best in everyone around her, on or off the battlefield. When she's in charge, you feel like the impossible can just happen.
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She must be pretty special. Shame I can't fight alongside her, cause if there's anythin' I'm impressed by, it's someone who can bring their A game.
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She'll be fine.
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[He sighs, composing himself a little.]
Thanks. ... again.
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Don't mention it. I'm...yannow, here.
If you need it.
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[Therapy may not be very turian, but drinking out your sorrows with friends at a bar? That he can do.]