Somehow, the feeling of understanding just makes him want to disappear into the ground a little more. Because it's not just basics. Soap and hot water can work just as well, he just has to work a little harder than a human would. Scrubbing, that is.

"It... I have someone to impress..."

Garrus always manages to drop his cue cards and stammer around any time he has to explain this. Any time he has to actually concentrate and flirt, rather than just taking what pops into his head naturally. For someone who's usually so damn practical, admitting he was trying to make himself look better for a girlfriend is - it's weird. Even if Steve is understanding about it.

"I mean, yeah. I'm not going to just stand around, looking pretty. I don't know how to do that."