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i don't wanna sit still, look pretty.
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justonesoldier.

If someone had asked her, right before she’d taken the long walk after almost the entire unit trying to get to the Citadel to open the arms for the Crucible, whether she thought she would survive, Aislynn’s answer would have been no.

She believed her team would. Always knew they would be able to stand up, fight back, survive. Even when they didn’t want to.

Even if they didn’t think they could.

They had lost people, of course. Millions had died, and the Normandy had seen its losses, too: Mordin, Thane… they were people they would never get back. But her doctors, her therapist, they all told her to focus on the future, not the past. So she was trying, as hard as she could, to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Aislynn reached up to tug off the bandanna that had been keeping her hair out of her face before pushing herself to sit up, the effort sending a short pang of pain into her back. For all they’d done to put her broken body back together… she still needed time. She was just glad for friends to fill that time up.

“That’s fine, Leah. Yeah, I’m awake- I was just answering some messages. I get so many interview requests in a day… you know, you’d think saying “no” a few times would get the hint through to some of them.“

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Swinging her legs off the couch with some small effort, she reached out to grab her crutches as she staggered to her feet.

"You are a godsend. You always bring the good stuff.”

« 🔧 »     “You want me to put the fear of God into ‘em?”

And Leah knew how to. She had spent her entire childhood on the Citadel, after all. Her childhood was spent in the ducts, while her teenage years were spent caught between selling information, and selling out undercover security agents. Several on the Citadel knew her, especially the humans; they had grown up together, after all.

She had been such a terror as a child. Well, she was a TERROR now, but more to Reapers and Collectors than to the common man. Stealing just wasn’t as exciting as saving the galaxy.

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“I can hear you movin’, you know! Stay down, Shepard.” Grabbing two classes, Leah poured them both a coke and grabbed the bottle of whiskey, a hum in her voice. “Brought you your pain meds, too. I know Chakwas is having a hard time getting approval for your grade, so I talked to a friend who talked to a friend.”

Stealing, and perhaps a bit of drug dealing. Once upon a time, Leah’s fingers had been in so many pies, no one could tell where they originally came from. She sold a bit of this, stole a bit of that, and kept a bit for herself. Now, though, she bought drugs just to pass them on to her recovering Commander. What a life. 

She pushed open the door to the front room, making her way towards the couch.

“Tals says hey, by the way. She had to go home to sort out a few things, but she should be back sooner or later. She did, however, give me permisson to kick your ass, should you get up while recovering.” A single finger pointed, even as the glasses touched the coffee table. “So sit your ass down and let me take care of you. You got us out alive; I’m allowed to pour your whiskey, woman.”

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