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[ Despite himself and the ears ready to hear something serious being said, he scoffs at what comes (though, holding up a noodle shop is still a serious offence). But it's true what Garrus says, Red supposes, though not every association previously connected can be taken apart and reassembled so quickly.

Not, either, when the use of the weapon will very much be the same (different motives, but still-). Red picks up the pieces with a murmur and hurries over to Garrus's side, rearranging the pieces in his hands into a more comfortable hold. ]

You like noodles? [ By eye, he's already trying to guess the way everything goes back into place, but it's all metallic and hard and foreign in his palms. ] We can get some when we're done.

[ Just like it's a normal day, like any other day. ]

[He knows baggage takes a while to unpack. Red won't be comfortable with guns tomorrow, or even next week. But small steps forward are enough for now.]

I like them. They can be a challenge to eat, but I like them. Used it as an example because I know a guy who ended his crime spree at a noodle shop. Broke out of the hospital he was in, climbed a pretty important statue. When C-Sec, police officers, basically, came for him, he threw his drink at their car so it burst into fire. When they jumped out, he took the vehicle. Still on fire.

[As he talks, he's slowly fitting things together, one piece at a time so Red can follow.]

Crashed it outside a noodle shop because he got hungry. But yeah. Let's finish up and get noodles. I can tell you about other people on my crew, if you want. Noodle-shop guy was one of them. Young, though. Maybe a year and a half old when that happened. So the moral of the story is never give an overgrown toddler a gun.

[ It's a story more captivating than his own distractions, that when he catches the movements of Garrus's hands beneath his line of sight on the turian's face, it doesn't connect to Red that he should be following, or paying attention until then. A quick "How did you...?" for the part he didn't see, and then he's catching up. ]

Uh - sure. [ Slowly, anyway. His mind's still on a particular part of that story. ] He was really a year and half old when that happened...? How long is a year where you're from?

[Garrus chuckles.]

He's a special exception. Sorta... Built. Made. Still a person, definitely a person. But most people don't start running around that young.

[He slows down with what he's doing, taking more time so Red can catch up.]

Though the turian year's a little longer than Earth's. Our day's a little longer, too. Takes some adapting, at first, going from ours to yours. And then going from that to here.

[ Built. It brings the image of robots on TV in cartoons, a bizarre image to have at the time. Red pays more attention to the table and what they both do, Garrus first and him next, but it's not without his mind still thinking over what Garrus has said. ]

It sounds amazing... You have a crew you travel with, and you can go to so many planets and see so much. [ Red glances over. ] How many people from your crew are here too? You mentioned one before - a woman, when I told you about Green.

It's... It is amazing.

[His voice goes quiet and a little wistful.]

You form a sort of family. You rely on them, they rely on you, small group...

[Despite the fact that he wouldn't wish this on any of them, he misses the ones who aren't here.]

We've got four of us here, right now. Tali, Joker, Shepard. Mm. Joker's real name is Jeff, Jeff Moreau, but we never call him that. Had a few others pass through, stay with the Neheda for a time. Mordin, Liara, Thane. Don't think you had the chance to meet any of them.

[ He shakes his head to confirm. ] I've never heard of them before, but I'd like to. All of them, and how you met. Was it back when you were part of the police force?

[ Because it's what Red remembers Garrus telling him, being part of the law and then separating himself from it to get criminals that couldn't be reached along those lines. ]

No, it... Well. I met a couple of them when I still was with C-Sec, but that's when I left it. The criminal we were after was too big to operate within their lines. Met Shepard, joined up with her a few hours later.

[Shepard, Kaidan, and Ashley, with Joker and Chakwas on the ship. Such a small start to something that wound up so huge.]

As far as how we all met... Different times, with all of the ones who are here or have been here.

[It's a decent topic, though, for while they work on finishing up putting the gun back together again. It'll be something nice and light and easy as he gets Red ready to shoot, too.]

Met Shepard first, out of all of them. I was trying to get my case to go further, and she was the next witness. Passed her, wished her luck. Not too much later there was a hostage situation going on, Shepard and I saved the hostage, took out the thugs. That's when I offered to join. Who next?

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