[ Noh-Varr listens. He gets that kind of loyalty; it's the kind of mindset he was raised in, and while he himself hasn't been faithful to a commander in that way in a long time, he still understands. Once you've dedicated yourself, it becomes hard to extricate yourself, as if seeking to justify the effort and time you put into that person. How blindsided had he been by the Supreme Intelligence?
He doesn't know Shepard, not well at any rate. She's peripheral to him, a leaf in his tree, but he knows the size and weight of her in Garrus' life. It makes him angry, not at Garrus, but at her for being so inconsiderate of the lives of her crewmembers. He's spent his entire life learning that it was sometimes better to stand down and shut up. Surely in thirty-odd years she would have picked up some discretion?
As Garrus brings the blanket up over their shoulders, he tucks his head beneath Garrus' chin, resting fully against the turian's chest plating.]
They're hard habits to break. You just need to learn to adapt faster.
[ Adaptation. Something of a specialty, and right now he feels like he isn't doing it justice. Case in point: he's sleeping here, because he's having difficulty finding rest in his own bed. When did he let the room become a 'safe' space? Safe places don't exist. ]
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He doesn't know Shepard, not well at any rate. She's peripheral to him, a leaf in his tree, but he knows the size and weight of her in Garrus' life. It makes him angry, not at Garrus, but at her for being so inconsiderate of the lives of her crewmembers. He's spent his entire life learning that it was sometimes better to stand down and shut up. Surely in thirty-odd years she would have picked up some discretion?
As Garrus brings the blanket up over their shoulders, he tucks his head beneath Garrus' chin, resting fully against the turian's chest plating.]
They're hard habits to break. You just need to learn to adapt faster.
[ Adaptation. Something of a specialty, and right now he feels like he isn't doing it justice. Case in point: he's sleeping here, because he's having difficulty finding rest in his own bed. When did he let the room become a 'safe' space? Safe places don't exist. ]
Tell me about your squad.