Prompt: Grunt Learns About the Birds and the Bees
"Birds and the...?" Shepard trailed off, eyebrow quirking in spectacular fashion. Had the eyebrow in question hiked any further, it more than likely would have flown off her forehead.
She blinked, looked at Garrus, who looked just as confused as she did - if not more so - and then over to Jacob, who looked neutral with his "not helping" facade in place, and then back at Grunt who had posed the question to begin with.
"The birds and the bees," she said, and swallowed wondering how the hell she was going to explain something like that to a prepubescent krogan, before coming to the conclusion that she was getting too old for this shit and glaring at both her alien squad mates and Jacob. "Birds are - flying creatures that lay eggs that aren't insects. Bees are insects. There. Learned."
"But, Battlemaster," Grunt said after a moment. "Why did Joker say I had to learn about them?"
"Extranet," Shepard said. "Look it up on the Extranet. Everything is on the Extranet. The Extranet is good for you."
It was Garrus' turn to ask a question. "Are you feeling all right, Shepard?"
"Garrus, mission," Shepard said, ignoring his question. "Focus." She popped a heat sink into her rifle for emphasis.