Today in "dumb conversations that are dumb but let me practice characters' voices," have a mid-ME2 fic on the mental gymnastics of post-Horizon Shenko.
“So Shep, that picture on your desk,” Kasumi says as the ground crew recovers in the cargo bay from boarding the ‘abandoned’ Collector ship. “That’s the guy from Horizon, right?”
Odd choice of topics, but conversation tends to get odd after rough missions. Everyone is looking for a distraction from whatever fresh horror they witnessed.
Shepard stiffens. “That’s Kaidan, yeah. Why do you ask?”
“Just wondering why you have a picture of your ex-boyfriend on prominent display, that’s all.”
Shepard blinks. “Kaidan’s not my ex. We’re still together.”
Now it’s Miranda who’s blinking while her brain stops working.