[Garrus takes a breath before kneeling in front of the boy, bringing them to about eye-level. Or it would be eye-level if Red wasn't staring at the ground. He reaches over and rests his hand on Red's shoulder.]

Back on the last world, Green was-- Green team was assigned a mission to kill the local wildlife along with Red team.

[He'll... omit that the wildlife was the apex species. That can come later. He's probably going to do enough damage to Red here. Garrus' voice and subharmonics are as gentle as possible.]

There isn't any avoiding it. And we will be destroying this planet. Maybe it's better that more animals die now, are given the chance to be useful, rather than wind up panicking as the gravity on this world goes haywire before it's disintegrated. But I'm gonna leave it up to you for this particular errand. If you want, we'll gather plants instead.