[Which actually makes him smile a bit. As long as they'd been room mates, Ferdinand had rarely probed into Shepard's background--mostly as as a respect for privacy but also because she was... quite frankly... intimidating. Still, it pleases him to realize that she's from a similar universe, if not the exact same time.]
...And that was Lord Nelson, I believe? I remember him... he was a very good leader as well.
[He watches her continue to go through her ritualistic cleaning, un-moving other than his gaze.]
Perhaps you are correct. But in this situation, all we can do is attempt to protect those who do not have the skills to survive, while appealing to our instructors for guidance. It's somewhat of a catch-twenty two. It isn't a perfect system by any means, and if you would like for me to personally inform you of the details I would be willing to share them.
[Something in her bristles over it, a flicker of something like real anger in the line of her shoulders - the angle of her neck as her head is bowed over her work. Because isn't that what she'd been doing? She'd spoken to leads, had chased the chain of command - not kindly and not passively, but for good reason. People were dead and missing and how anyone had the patience to be idle, to wait for guidance when there was something to be done wasn't something she understood - wasn't something she could sympathize with.
There's a muscle in her cheek; it's getting a work out. She sets the component in her hands aside and picks up another. Finally she says:]
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[Which actually makes him smile a bit. As long as they'd been room mates, Ferdinand had rarely probed into Shepard's background--mostly as as a respect for privacy but also because she was... quite frankly... intimidating. Still, it pleases him to realize that she's from a similar universe, if not the exact same time.]
...And that was Lord Nelson, I believe? I remember him... he was a very good leader as well.
[He watches her continue to go through her ritualistic cleaning, un-moving other than his gaze.]
Perhaps you are correct. But in this situation, all we can do is attempt to protect those who do not have the skills to survive, while appealing to our instructors for guidance. It's somewhat of a catch-twenty two. It isn't a perfect system by any means, and if you would like for me to personally inform you of the details I would be willing to share them.
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There's a muscle in her cheek; it's getting a work out. She sets the component in her hands aside and picks up another. Finally she says:]
I won't say no to intel if you're offering it.