When Shepard wakes, she half expects to hear his voice. Everything hurts, and when she touches her face, there's new scars. Then she remembers. The tightness in her chest, the fear—the cold. The fighting is a welcome distraction. Once they're on the ship, Miranda and Jacob tell her how much time she's lost. Jacob thinks she's alright, but she's not. Two years, dead. She is unsure of herself—if it is her at all. But whatever she is now, there's a new enemy to stop. In the back of her mind, she wonders what's become of him, of Kaidan.
