[She ran cold as her hope crumbled at the edges. He didn't know her. Did he forget? Had they simply never met? He looked...older. He'd seen and lived through so much more than that man she'd left behind on Virmire. He couldn't be from before.
She wanted so badly to see recognition in him, but already the walls and defenses were slamming up. She couldn't wallow in things that hurt, she wasn't some soft-touched flower to be crushed under her emotions.
Shepard straightened her posture, her uncertainty and vulnerability from before vanished as she took a step forward and offered her hand.]
Commander Mariah Shepard. Alliance Navy.
[She couldn't answer his question, not until she'd asked her own. Do you know me?]
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She wanted so badly to see recognition in him, but already the walls and defenses were slamming up. She couldn't wallow in things that hurt, she wasn't some soft-touched flower to be crushed under her emotions.
Shepard straightened her posture, her uncertainty and vulnerability from before vanished as she took a step forward and offered her hand.]
Commander Mariah Shepard. Alliance Navy.
[She couldn't answer his question, not until she'd asked her own. Do you know me?]