Epistolary chapter right here. Much love to all.
Received: 3:18 AM, 6/10/86
Hey. Are you awake? I want to ask you something.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:21 AM, 6/10/86
This can't wait until later? It's three AM, Shepard.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:22 AM, 6/10/86
I figured you were awake anyway. Was I right?
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:24 AM, 6/10/86
You were.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:25 AM, 6/10/86
Hah. I knew it.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:25 AM, 6/10/86
Hard to sleep when your entire planet is being decimated by Reapers. I bet that's why you're up, too.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:27 AM, 6/10/86
The nightmares keep getting worse. I've been living off of stims since I left earth. Don't you dare tell Chakwas.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:28 AM, 6/10/86
Wouldn't dream of it. What did you need?
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:29 AM, 6/10/86
Well, why don't you come up to my cabin? We can talk up here.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:30 AM, 6/10/86
Tempting, but no thanks. Allers is practically camped outside the main battery, expecting a midnight liaison like this. I don't want to give her the satisfaction.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:31 AM, 6/10/86
I can throw her off the ship, if you'd like.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:33 AM, 6/10/86
No need. She makes a mean pot of dextro-based coffee. In times like these, it's the little things that keep a person going.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:34 AM, 6/10/86
I know what you mean.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:36 AM, 6/10/86
You never asked me this important question that apparently requires an answer at three in the damn morning.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:37 AM, 6/10/86
Right, sorry. Remember when we went to Zorya to help Zaeed kill Vido?
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:38 AM, 6/10/86
You brought me with you, if I recall.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:40 AM, 6/10/86
I brought you on every mission, smartass. Cut the sarcasm. I'm trying to make a point.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:41 AM, 6/10/86
And that point is…?
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:42 AM, 6/10/86
I chose to go after Vido instead of saving the workers in that factory.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:46 AM, 6/10/86
Shepard. Is that what this is about?
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:47 AM, 6/10/86
Like I said, the nightmares are getting worse.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:49 AM, 6/10/86
You deliberated a long time over that decision. Vido almost got away because you took so long to decide, I think. But this was a whole year ago, Shepard. Why dwell on it?
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:50 AM, 6/10/86
Do you think I did the right thing?
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 3:56 AM, 6/10/86
Why are you asking me this? It was a long time ago.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 3:58 AM, 6/10/86
Everyone on the Normandy treated me like some kind of hero when we got back from that mission. I guess this war is making me think about the lives I didn't save.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 4:00 AM, 6/10/86
You can't save everyone, Shepard.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 4:01 AM, 6/10/86
I know that. I usually at least make an effort to try, though. Do you think I did the right thing by letting those people die?
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 4:04 AM, 6/10/86
Are you sure you want to hear my answer?
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 4:06 AM, 6/10/86
I think I already know what you'll say, but yeah.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 4:07 AM, 6/10/86
You probably do.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 4:08 AM, 6/10/86
Lay it on me. I can take it.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 4:17 AM, 6/10/86
Still there?
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 4:20 AM, 6/10/86
(Sorry, I was typing.) Zaeed is a valuable asset in this war and a good fighter. However, considering this war we're in with the Reapers, I think you should have saved the factory workers. Bright-eyed civilians are in short supply right now. Earning the loyalty of a single jaded mercenary doesn't seem all that important right now, does it? So, no. I don't think you did the right thing.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 4:26 AM, 6/10/86
Shepard? Still awake?
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 4:27 AM, 6/10/86
Yeah. Sorry. Just processing. Thanks for your honesty, Garrus. I knew you would give me a straight answer. Hurts like a bitch, though.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 4:29 AM, 6/10/86
Are you okay?
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
Received: 4:30 AM, 6/10/86
I will be. Get some sleep, Garrus. I think we both need it.
-Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy
Received: 4:34 AM, 6/10/86
Good night, Shepard.
-Garrus Vakarian, Head Reaper Advisor
