Then I guess it's a good thing that the most help we can be is to stay out of his way.
[Kidding. Because--]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Don't sell yourself short.
[She's read the dossier on file by now; between it and Tali's name, she can make a few educated guesses as to where she's coming from - not an Admiral yet, apparently, but she will be. Or could have been. Whatever.]
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I'll pretend that isn't sarcasm for the moment.
[But... noted, all the same.]
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I never thought I'd see Garrus actually being responsible. How did that happen?
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Your guess is as good as mine.
[Shepard, that's not fair.]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
But he's doing a pretty decent job.
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FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
It seems like it. To be fair, I'm really impressed with him.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
The last time I was left in charge, a YMIR stomped on everything, so I can't say much.
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Then I guess it's a good thing that the most help we can be is to stay out of his way.
[Kidding. Because--]
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
Don't sell yourself short.
[She's read the dossier on file by now; between it and Tali's name, she can make a few educated guesses as to where she's coming from - not an Admiral yet, apparently, but she will be. Or could have been. Whatever.]
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I'm not! I know what I'm good at. And I know what I'm not good at.
FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
But then, I guess people change.
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Yes and no.
FROM: shepard.lydia@cdc.org
They have some YMIR rip offs here. You could probably try and redeem yourself by tricking a few of them out at some point.
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That's what I like about you, Shepard. You always know exactly what I want to hear. They'll really let me mess around with the mechs?
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You'll probably have to get clearance but considering the number of idiots I've seen driving them, it can't be that hard
[Looking at you, John Crichton.]
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You don't have any room to talk. I think I still have nightmares about the Mako.
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I have no idea what you're talking about
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So you've completely repressed the memories? I wish I could.
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Hilarious
I'm a certified driver you know that right
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FROM: vasneema.talizorah@cdc.org
I didn't... How do the Alliance certify drivers?
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There's a proficiency test. You didn't really think they just let anyone get behind the controls of a million dollar piece of equipment did you?
[G O D.]
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Maybe I shouldn't answer that question.
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I'm starting to think the council races need better g-force training
[Tali gets a pass on the basis of, you know, being a squishy Quarian. But what's Garrus's excuse?]
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Maybe the Mako needs better inertia dampeners...
[Hey, she's not squishy!
(But no, Garrus has no excuse at all.)]
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Well I don't think anyone's going to argue the M35's the best in the field. But it gets the job done
[You people - acting like a little whiplash is going to kill anyone.]
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Why didn't we get the best in the field? I thought Spectres got good equipment.
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Probably for the same reasons all the coffee on the Normandy tastes like ass
[Which...Tali will probably have to take her word for. But the long and the short of it: because budgeting reasons.]
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And the same reason we all had to buy our own weapons? Right.