The sky is black, but everywhere you look, there's light. White, red, blue, yellow. Sometimes you go into nebula and there's a thousand colors there, all glowing. And then you're on the ship, too. Ships are never dark, never empty, never completely quiet. A good crew becomes family so you're never alone, either. You can get lost on a world. One face, blending into the crowd. It's never that way on a ship. , [Yeah, he might be slightly in love with serving on the Normandy.]
[So it wasn't just him, then. The difference in knowledge he discovered between him and his friends had been a shocking surprise, to say the least. He imagines it's discouraging to go through that multiple times, catching up with a different "friend" with each meeting only to see them go.]
FROM: cecil.guy@cdc.org
This is all over my head. [He's not afraid to admit that.] I understand the CDC can pick up anyone from any world. But from a different time? That's a headache waiting to happen.
[While he'd meant he'd seen different people at different locations, the other still holds true. They're all pulled from different points in their timelines.]
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
If you can already cross universes, why not time? And parallel universes, too. Not all of us remember the same thing.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
From big things to little. I remember a death that someone else doesn't. Someone else remembered me seeing someone that I'm not involved with.
Don't mind at all. Hinata's the one I know the least, but he's on the younger side. During the fiasco on the Neheda, Orange team members were looking for him to be protected.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Xion's strength and weakness is in how much she cares. Trust her with a task, and she'll give her all.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
Korra's a powerhouse when she's focused. She can move rocks and water, do things with fire, and has a good head on her shoulders.
FROM: vakarian.garrus@cdc.org
We get a mission to protect or save someone, you'll have a solid group. We get a genocide mission, you and I are gonna be carrying all three. Possibly literally.
[Reiner reads and rereads the messages, carefully taking note. He trusts Garrus' advice. The turian is experienced in ways that Reiner might not ever be.]
FROM: braun.reiner@cdc.org
i see. it's good to know that. a group's only as strong as its weaknesses right?
Gonna be clear that compassion isn't a weakness. But it's something to be aware of in the context of the missions we take on. Ajna's end wasn't pretty. I figure you remember that.
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