[ Platitudes? Even the genuine ones, they are just words. What she wants to do is swing into action. Do something. Everything. As if she could stop an entire alien invasion through sheer will.

And Garrus' protest that she has, already, doesn't change that. She doesn't remember doing anything. But- ]

Good, that's. I'm glad they got out.

[ Glad because anyone getting out is good, and glad because it's Garrus' family, and Shepard has moments where she wants to move the universe to keep him from losing anything else.

She'd seen what losing his men had done. Family? From she's observed in other people, that's different. Harder. ]

Hey, that's not nothing. And that's better than I was expecting, as far as support goes.

[ Briefly, something teasing and proud crosses her face. ]

You're nearly as stubborn as me. You'd get shit done.