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Chapter Fifty: Hold the Line
"You know all that 'Hold the line' bravado?" Kirrahe asks as he ducks for cover from Cerberus bullets.
Shepard crouches beside him similarly. "Yeah?," he huffs.
"Not mine," Kirrahe pants, grinning deliriously. "Stole the damn speech."
Shepard grunts, popping his heatsink. "Kirrahe, look, I don't particularly think it's the right time for – "
"Captain Solidun. Battle of the Tar'lassin Crests. Shot through the eye before the last volley even ended."
Shepard looks at him incredulously. "And you're telling me this now because…?"
A steadying breath, hands tight along his pistol. "Because we still held the line." Kirrahe breaks from cover.