"I just sent Kolyat a transmission. He is back on Kahje. Thane has been given back to the depths."
"You wish you could have gone."
"How could I with everything? Damn Reapers don't let me cross the galaxy for the funeral of one of the most amazing men I have ever met." Her voice only giving a hint to the frustrations she felt.
"You got to say goodbye and you got his killer. Thane would understand. He choose his own end not sick in a bed months from now. You are looking after his son that is more than he could have asked for."
"He is alone now, an orphan like me. Something we have in common. To draw strength from."
She had never spoken about Mindoir openly before. Tali had been right again the walls Shepard had spent a decads building up were cracking and he was glad he got to be here for Shepard even if he was not sure what "being here" for her even met.
He wondered to himself how he would have reacted given the same situation. Being resigned to death only to be thrown back into the thick of things and given the responsibilities with no real direction how to pull off anything. Being seen as a traitor to everything you had once stood for. Hell he had fallen apart just from losing her she had lost everything not just the two years.
"I think it is good for both of you then." He stands from the couch and walks behind her desk putting a hand on her shoulder. Raising her hand and putting it over his she gives a squeeze.
"Well there is a big difference between watching your father save the entire Council and being a twelve year old who managed to get way to damn lucky."
Twelve? All her records said she was sixteen at the attack before she enlisted.
His mind tried to process as he searched her reflection in the vid screen. She stood and buried her face in his shoulder. Wrapping his arms around her reflexively, his mind still racing. Something about it just didn't make sense and he was reminded of the conversation he had with Joker about tarnishes on her record and ways to sort out the truth.
"Luck only gets you so far. Luck didn't get you through N7, luck didn't get you into Specters."
At the mention of N7 her eyes go wide.
"Crap What time is it?" She checks her omni and frowns. "I gotta get to the bay!" She grabs her shoes and with a quick peck on his cheek is at the door. "Everything is open, let yourself out" And the door whooshes shut leaving him confused, his hand absently going to his cheek.