[He's quiet again, hoping that he hadn't offended, that he hadn't said the wrong thing.]

Don't think that I don't... uh. I've liked... I...

[Thane isn't fragile, quite the opposite, but at the same time Garrus doesn't want to fracture the friendship they do have.]

Mine works. It's flat instead of dipped, but it's still better than a cot.

[A beat, and then because some people never learn and keep insisting on putting their feet in their mouths:]

And yours has been pretty... uh... friendly. Turian. To turians. A tur-- I'm going to stop now.