[if almost anyone else had said that, they would never have seen just what a blow that statement is. with anyone else, Shepard would still have enough to control; she wouldn't let herself looked as sucker-punched as she does.

but this is Garrus. so, what control?]


You really don't recognize me.


[it's not a question.

sure, credentials can be faked. easily. there's proof enough of that with those stupid illegal Shepard VIs running around. but she'd been sure there would just be...something that would convince him--]

she won't give up. she can't. she needs him to believe.

Shepard's passion and voice both starts rising again, but this time there's an edge that's less anger and more...]

Vigil. Saren, Harbinger, Sidonis, Menae, Rannoch-- We went through all of that together, like we promised we always would.

[...desperation.]

You and Tali stuck with me even when I was working with Cerberus, never mind the rest of the insane crap we found ourselves in! I really could have been altered when the Illusive Man brought me back, but you stayed anyway. What's so different about now? My face? My gender?