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“Careful or you’ll jinx it,” Tali teased, her eyes crinkling behind her mask as she smiled at her fellow engineer. “I remember that’s one of the things my mother would say to Father when he was fussing over something that could happen. “You will invite the vorcha right into the ship, Rael'Zorah!” Hah. I suppose there are some ways I turned out more like her…“

Not that she had too many memories of her mother. She’d died not long after she had gotten her first suit, and most of her memories were of watching her - a brilliant engineer in her own right - through the walls of the bubble. But she’d been kind and smart, always putting the Fleet ahead of herself.

She honestly wished she could have seen the homeworld someday. The best she could do for now was help with taking it back, so at least the daughter she fussed over could have that chance.

Even if it was a painfully slim one.

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At the inquiry about her being an admiral, Tali bobbed her head once in a nod, letting out a heavy sigh. "I don’t like it much myself. I just never really cared much for politics, and stepping up to take my father’s place…? I feel like it’s symbolic. Or some sort of power play. I’m far too young to be an admiral, and far too inexperienced to be a politician. I’m an engineer. That’s what I do.”

She sniffed a bit, sounding indignant. “Well, it may not be an insult, at least by quarian standards… but it does restrict me far more than I would like. I don’t want to be an admiral.”

« 🔧 »      A laugh bubbled from the engineer, leaning against one of the control panels. Dark eyes warmed, twinkled ever so slightly. “Your Momma sounds like my kinda lady, Tals. And, hell, if you ended up anything like her, I’m sure she was one helluva badass. Especially to try to fuss at your Dad like that.”

Leah didn’t have too many memories of her family, and what she did were painful. A screaming mother. A careless father. Her Dad had tried to be there, at times, but his apathy was more harmful than anything else. She had left home by the time she was seven, just after her father’s death. Being a duct rat had been more comforting and safe than living in the Rhemer household.

Tali had been given a wonderful upbringing, even if her father had gone too far. Rael’Zorah may have made a few mistakes, endangered the fleet, but he had done it for Tali. He had always wanted the best for her, even if he was sometimes a bit misguided. And that was enough for Leah. Was it enough for Tali, though? Now that was the question.

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“They’re doin’ to you here what they did to you back with the trial, Tals. I know you well enough to know your mask isn’t smudged enough to overlook that.” Crossing her arms over her chest, Leah let a quiet sigh escape her. “Don’t you do it, either. You know me well enough to know I’m about to get real with you. So brace yourself, babe.

“You are too GODDAMNED important to let them take you from this ship. You have so much more work to do. You know better than to walk right into their hands. And if you let them appoint you Admiral, I will personally find you and smudge your mask from here until the day you die. Maybe even give you a good punch once or twice for good measure. Because I will not stand by and watch you act like a fuckin’ idiot.”

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