Miranda and Jacob were already inside the Communications Room by the time Commander Shepard entered it. A hologram of the geth he and the others saved from the derelict Reaper was on display in the center of the conference table.

The geth intrigued Shepard, and not only because of the piece of N7 armor that had replaced part of the armor on its arm. The geth had killed a husk that'd nearly gotten the jump on Shepard. And even when it identified Shepard—"Shepard-Commander", the geth had called him—it simply went on its way. Not once had Shepard met a geth that didn't shoot him on sight or had the ability to talk.

This geth was special, but Shepard didn't know if that was a good or bad thing. An inescapable curiosity of what this thing's story was was the only reason Shepard didn't leave it behind on the derelict reaper.

"I think we need to discuss the unique piece of salvage we recovered," Miranda said to him as Shepard joined them at the table.

"Oh, the unique salvage that 'we' recovered?" Shepard repeated sarcastically. "Other than to take care of your sister, I haven't brought you on a mission since I got my boy Garrus back. I'm not exactly sure where you're getting this 'we' business from."

Jacob covered his mouth, likely trying to hide a smile. I wonder what's got him laughing; I replaced him with Jack immediately. It's not his fault, however, that he doesn't have boobs.

"For now, we've stored it in EDI's AI core," Miranda said, shooting a dirty look at Jacob.

"Wait, what?" Shepard said. "Did you say the AI core?"

Miranda nodded.

"Who the hell decided to put the potentially hostile geth—a race known for its hacking abilities—in the heart of our ship's AI, the best place to do the most devastating attack?"

"Shepard, it's turned off," Miranda told him. "We have nothing to worry about?"

"How do you know it doesn't have the ability to turn itself back on?"

Miranda opened her mouth to answer, but promptly closed it when she couldn't think of anything to say.

"You're both fired!" Shepard shouted as he ran out of the room to get the geth out of EDI's AI core.

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