Shepard insisted on visiting the Normandy crash site alone. She knew the crew would be nothing but supportive, but she found it somewhat blasphemous to invite Cerberus to disturb this sacred place.
Collecting remnants of the fallen crew pulled at her reconstructed heartstrings simply enough, but her emotional fortitude was not completely compromised until she'd thumbed through Pressley's datapad.
"Uh… Is everything alright, Commander?" Joker's distorted voice sounded pressured and hesitant to ask. "EDI's picking up some weird vitals."
"I, uh… I just…" She stalled, rolling her eyes and choking back tears. Cheeks reddened, she lied: "I miss the Mako."