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Comparison: A Short Story

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Thane rested his elbows on the desk, coming back from a trip to see his son, mulling over the events that transpired over the past few weeks with a cup of tea clasped between his hands. It’s been three weeks since he accompanied Shepard and Vakarian on the hunt for a turian that betrayed the latter, and a week since Shepard helped him turn Kolyat away from a life of sin. Garrus Vakarian wanted revenge, and the drell understands that. The pain of loss was something he is all too familiar with, and so was the lust for revenge, so he agreed to come with them on the turian’s hunt for his betrayer, even though in the recesses of his mind, he didn’t want his turian companion to walk down the same dark path. In the brief time he knew Shepard, he knows Shepard hated deaths, and unnecessary ones, even more so. He isn’t surprised that Shepard reasoned with Vakarian throughout the hunt, appealing to his conscience. However, Vakarian was dead set on killing the other turian. Despite Shepard’s disposition, Thane expected her to step aside so she can let her companion kill as he pleases; he knew of the loyalty they had for each other. Shepard blocking Vakarian’ shot when he had the man who betrayed him between his crosshairs made the assassin remember how Irikah did almost the same thing with the …show more content…

He remembers her opening her mouth to speak, the usually stern tone to her voice disappearing as she spoke to Kolyat, trying to dissuade his anger towards him in an almost a soft, maternal manner. The way Shepard’s shoulder slumped forward ever so slightly, listening intently as he opened up to her about his late wife made him feel warm. His heartbeat sped up once more due to the sparkle in her eyes as she said, “Maybe I haven't been as upfront as I should be. I'm here for you, Thane. Whatever you need.” He called her a siha that

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