Goto, Kasumi
Heya Shepard.
Oh. That probably sounded way too breezy.
Sorry Shep. It's just there's this great big statue of you looking down at me and I really want to giggle.
I mean don't get me wrong – you look great! In a kind of scary-messiah way...
Just... you remember that big gold Saren we "gave" Donovan Hock?
I think, I think, that they might have hired the same sculptor.
You know... for a while I was sure you were still alive. That you were going to sidle into the back of your own funeral with that brilliant grin of yours. I'd love to see that again.
I figured: no body no sale. I've pulled similar tricks in my time. On poor Jondum Bau. He's well, by the way. Send his respects.
But... I realised, after a while, that it was all real. That you weren't coming back. I realised that you'd never put us through all of this if you had some way of letting us know that you were...
I've never been good at letting go of things, you know that. Not Keiji, and not you.
Shepard, I did something a little bit wrong. I hope you don't mind...
They're trying to put together a sort of museum memorial type thing for you – a bunch of your old effects. And I sort of... stole... something.
Your old pistol, the Carnifex. You loved that thing.
I don't know why it wasn't with you when...
Anyway, I didn't think it was right. So I'm leaving it here, with you.
Hope you won't need it eh? It's just my way of... of saying goodbye.
Bye, Shep.
A/N: And here's the thief, wishing her fond goodbyes. This was another chapter that I enjoyed writing, and hopefully it will show.
Prizes to whoever works out the significance of the pistol.
Tali will probably be the next upload, but that may not been until the weekend - Friday at the earliest, because work is seriously killing me right now.
Galactic Front will also maybe be updated around the weekend, and please check it out when you do.
Javik will be up after Tali, and will round off the squadmates. Hooray, what fun.
Please enjoy, and do remember to Review.
Love, your pal Nevery.