[He has that smile again, except this time it fits. That smile that angles the lines of his already angry face into a near movie monster, a shark of a man when he puts his mind to it.] Now you know all this. Now you can keep your head. [And that was the good thing of having been through the life. Through a war that meant bullshit. You could cooperate because you had to, but you didn't buy all of it. For all this was terrible, it meant in some way Garrus was free. He had something better to work with than idealism.]
Morals are different in different place for a reason. Because somewhere people came to an agreement that is not law, one meant to bring peace. One to keep people from fighting over land or wives or whatever shit. Morals are meant to end fighting where laws did not. That's all they are.
You don't have to forget the morals of where you came from, but make new ones if they're not working.
[He leans back with a shrug.] It's a shitty way to live your life, friend, but I never once pretended that this life is good. Especially when there is no choice.
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[He has that smile again, except this time it fits. That smile that angles the lines of his already angry face into a near movie monster, a shark of a man when he puts his mind to it.] Now you know all this. Now you can keep your head. [And that was the good thing of having been through the life. Through a war that meant bullshit. You could cooperate because you had to, but you didn't buy all of it. For all this was terrible, it meant in some way Garrus was free. He had something better to work with than idealism.]
Morals are different in different place for a reason. Because somewhere people came to an agreement that is not law, one meant to bring peace. One to keep people from fighting over land or wives or whatever shit. Morals are meant to end fighting where laws did not. That's all they are.
You don't have to forget the morals of where you came from, but make new ones if they're not working.
[He leans back with a shrug.] It's a shitty way to live your life, friend, but I never once pretended that this life is good. Especially when there is no choice.