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