Playthrough went somewhere unexpected.

[thegreyhound]

We went through all of that and you decided to just smash the thing to bits anyway? You sure that wasn't motivated by those weird theories I caught you reading earlier, mun? ...Didn't think so.

So! Reapers destroyed, Earth saved, friends stranded on some Godforsaken planet, and I'm lying in the wreckage of the Citadel probably bleeding out. I can't wait to see what you have for an encore, mun.

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[fightforthelost]

Theories are just there to make things harder on us.

In theory.

[thegreyhound]

We have a hard enough time with the things that do happen. The last thing we need is more insanity.

Yeah. "In theory". [And Yasir even breaks out the airquotes for giggles.]

[fightforthelost]

I'm not trying to read too much into anything or find metaphorical meanings in what happened. I'm just enjoying the vacation.

"Vacation" being a polite way of putting it.

[thegreyhound]

Could be worse. Harbinger could have aimed a little more to the right. Then neither of us would be having this conversation right now. [That's a sobering thought if there ever was one.]

[fightforthelost]

I have a "theory" about that. If Reapers feel fear, Harbinger was probably shaking at seeing us run down that hill. Threw its aim off. Too scared of getting my boot up its ass.

It's just a theory, but hey.

[thegreyhound]

[Heh.] Probably was shaking, if what that Reaper on Rannnoch said makes sense. Face it. We're their own personal boogeyman. -Well, boogeywoman, in my case.

We did good, you know? Made them fear.

[fightforthelost]

And for that, we deserve that vacation.

Of course, I'll probably be bored out of my mind within a week, but that's to be expected.

[thegreyhound]

Fruity drinks, seashells, and all the eyecandy we could ever need. [Mmm... sorry, sorry, distracted by thoughts of Alenko.]

Even badasses like you and me need downtime, Shepard.

[fightforthelost]

[Liara for him. Sheploo likes him some asari, awwyeah.]

I give it a month before the galaxy needs us again.

[thegreyhound]

[Well, Liara is certainly very... blue. And the whole Shadow Broker thing is incredibly sexy...]

Two weeks, and Hackett'll be the one begging for our help.

[fightforthelost]

[She fills that suit out better than she did in ME1 too. Flattest ass in the galaxy back then.]

The life of a soldier. What is it? No dying, just regrouping in hell?

[thegreyhound]

[To each their own, and more power to you, Shep.]

You regroup and plow your way through whatever life or fate throws at you. -Plus, hey, we defanged the guard dog already. [Ha ha, Cerberus joke.]

[fightforthelost]

Pun intended?

[Small chuckle here.]

[thegreyhound]

[Laugh.]

Pun completely intended and more than accurate. Am I right or am I right?

[fightforthelost]

Yeah, I'll have to remember that one for the next time I see Joker.

[thegreyhound]

Ha! He'll get a kick out of that one.

[Yasir breaks into a genuine smile.] You got a name, buddy? It'd be weird to just call you "Shepard" all the time.

[fightforthelost]

[Another chuckle. If it were anybody else, he'd say no way. But hey, it's another Shepard so yeah.]

Jim.

[James, really. Named after another famous fictional space explorer /cough cough. Been that way since ME1 and then Bioware had to go ahead and make an actual character named James :I ]

[thegreyhound]

[Sheps gotta stick together, man. Fair is fair.]

Yasir. No, I don't know what my parents were thinking.

[That had to be awkward. "Oh hey Vega, we have the same name!"]

[fightforthelost]

[Yeah, pretty awkward. That's life.]

Hey, nothing wrong with that. Too many boring names around here. John, Jane... stuff like that.

[cyberorganic]

I seem to recall you having some "weird theories" about me, Shepard.

[thegreyhound]

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[Saren probably didn't even see it, but up comes the ol' reliable Eagle pistol. Fucking hell-!]

Yeah, well, in your case? Not so much "theories" as "Cassandra truths". What do you want?

[cyberorganic]

[He lets out a bemused snort.] So quick to go for your gun? So like a human, Shepard.

As for what I want - some assurance that I didn't blow my brains out just so you could wind up going down the same path as me would be a nice start.

[thegreyhound]

It's not every day you meet a zombie. Especially one of somebody you hate. [Still bitter about Ashley on Virmire? YES.]

...I smashed the Crucible to pieces. I wasn't going to do what the Reapers have been gunning for all this time, and like hell the Illusive Man was going to get proven right. I took the only choice left. [The Paragon went Renegade.]

[cyberorganic]

There was no way to prove the "Illusive Man" right. You and I saw Soveriegn's power firsthand...the idea of controlling something like that - it would take someone as arrogant and stupid as him to think that.

[He pauses, then lets out something between a bitter laugh and a growl.] You sound like him. Unsurprising.

[thegreyhound]

[When Yasir speaks again, there's a sharp edge to her voice. Angry. -No. Furious]

I am nothing like him. I fought. That damned thing made no sense. It made the Reapers, and I wasn't going to give it the satisfaction of changing all organic life.

Even if it meant- [Her voice catches.] Even if it meant that EDI and the geth would pay the price.