Despite the grim tone, he still pulls a smile out of her. It's always good to talk to someone who understands what you mean, without having to spell it out; that they work for these people, but don't respect them. That they follow orders not because they have to, but because they choose to. It's not a game, exactly, but it's like...
...It's like the Bandits. They know their worth, and it's better than this. The whole situation, as embedded in it as they are, still feels like it's happening to somewhere else, something outside their real sphere of concern.
Maybe that's not really the healthiest way of looking at things.
"Could be worse," she acknowledges, because that's always true. Even Tuchanka could be worse, bad as it is. Shepard tilts her head back, so she can look him in the eye, "Whatever happens, we've got each other, and we've got a goal."
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...It's like the Bandits. They know their worth, and it's better than this. The whole situation, as embedded in it as they are, still feels like it's happening to somewhere else, something outside their real sphere of concern.
Maybe that's not really the healthiest way of looking at things.
"Could be worse," she acknowledges, because that's always true. Even Tuchanka could be worse, bad as it is. Shepard tilts her head back, so she can look him in the eye, "Whatever happens, we've got each other, and we've got a goal."