Not really the kind of thing we should be talking about over unsecured channels, Major, don't you think? [ Shepard's just as bad at the flirting, honestly, at least when it comes to sounding sexy. Kaidan's got the monopoly on that. He could probably read a grocery list and Shepard's attention would be rapt. ]
Yeah, it does. [ There's a pause. What does he say? 'See you later?' 'Love you' is too forward -- things are too fresh, but it's the only one he knows. 'Get home safe' sounds too much like the world they came from, and they didn't need that here. ]
We'll, ah, plan it when we get home, maybe -- [ Get in a test run. ] -- I'll be home around five, by the way.
I'll be home a little later, but I'd like that. [ Really, he's not unused to brisk dismissals. As much as he loves his mother, Hannah Shepard has no grace when it comes to hanging up on comms. But unsurprisingly, perhaps, it also means Shepard doesn't really know what to say now.
Somehow, his standard I should go just doesn't seem like the right thing to say. ]
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I'll give you a ... personal briefing later.
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Meet somewhere in the middle of that -- [ A pause. ] See you when you get home?
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We'll, ah, plan it when we get home, maybe -- [ Get in a test run. ] -- I'll be home around five, by the way.
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Somehow, his standard I should go just doesn't seem like the right thing to say. ]
You'll just have to keep a seat warm for me.