When people don't pay attention to history they wind up making the same mistakes all over again. It's something we've known for a long time. Turians, I mean. History's a cycle. Gotta know it to break it.
[He crosses his arms, looking past Martin into the white (and way too cold) distance. They don't know the cycle here, don't know anything here. They've been dumped under threats.]
Saving my world is pretty damn important to me. I just redistributed our forces back home to keep it secure, keep the supply lines steady, and protect about 20 billion lives. The cost is gonna be a couple of colonies, and about ten million turians. Thing is, there's no assurance that even if I play by the rules here it's gonna be safe. What if I'd been eaten by a sharkthing? Fallen into the water and drowned?
[Garrus shakes his head.]
Serving their interests is no guarantee of protecting my world. Getting to the heart of what's going on here, that's what I can do. That's what I intend to do.
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[He crosses his arms, looking past Martin into the white (and way too cold) distance. They don't know the cycle here, don't know anything here. They've been dumped under threats.]
Saving my world is pretty damn important to me. I just redistributed our forces back home to keep it secure, keep the supply lines steady, and protect about 20 billion lives. The cost is gonna be a couple of colonies, and about ten million turians. Thing is, there's no assurance that even if I play by the rules here it's gonna be safe. What if I'd been eaten by a sharkthing? Fallen into the water and drowned?
[Garrus shakes his head.]
Serving their interests is no guarantee of protecting my world. Getting to the heart of what's going on here, that's what I can do. That's what I intend to do.