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“Shepard!” Liara called, running towards them as soon as Shepard, Ashley, Garrus, and Wrex entered the cargo hold on the Normandy. Shepard looked up, but it seemed to Garrus that she didn’t really want to talk. “Everybody hold on!” Joker’s voice interrupted whatever Liara was going to say, as the Normandy was knocked by the shockwave of the nuke’s explosion. Garrus winced—Alenko had seemed to be a nice enough guy. For a human. “Shepard,” Liara said again, softer. “It wasn’t your fault.” “I know that,” Shepard snapped, which seemed to catch Liara off g

“And that makes what I’m about to ask you even more difficult,” Kirrahe said. “I need one of your men to accompany me. To help coordinate the teams.” “We’ll need someone who knows Alliance communication protocols,” Shepard mused. That narrowed down the list to either Williams or Alenko. And she knew that whoever she sent, she was likely sending them to their deaths. “I volunteer, Commander,” Kaidan piped up. Of course you do. He knew what it meant. And, Shepard was sure, he wanted to show off his “toughness” to her. “Not so fast, LT,” Ashley countered. &