With Zuri. Being with both of them. Lying under the tree, I could smell their unique scents: the warm salt-and-musk of my sister sleeping quietly not ...alf a meter from me, and the flowers and-herbs smell of my mother, the scent brushed onto her thighs from the field of wild lavender we had walked through earlier that day.The tree stirred softly in the breeze. I could feel spots of heat wavering across my body where rays of sunline broke through between the leaves. There was another peal of. When I came out of the Army, I had been trained for a war that never came. I had spent more time in the woods than in civilization and had become cold and hard. I had peaked at 205# with a 28 waist and my legs were heavy from hundreds of miles of running and hiking. The rest was expanding from my waist through my neck. I had been with a few women (girls?) and had learned a bit more from my awkward first experiences but those times were all trifles. I had never been in love, didnt really know. An upgraded EDI now piloted the ship in a synthetic body provided by Cerberus, with whom they maintained a détente after handing over the Collector Base.Her always loyal lover and ruthless master of information, Dr. Liara T'Soni, was by her side, serving as science officer and window into the comings and goings of the criminal underworld. Through her, Aria T'Loak of Omega was never out of contact, nor was Tevos of the Citadel Council.Miranda Lawson and Lt. Commander Ashley Williams served as. I've been offered an appointment on theForeign Secretary's personal staff." Is that a promotion for you?" Yes. Quite a big step up too, and I have to take it now or I'll never begiven another chance. Sadly it means my time won't be my own as much asit once was, and it's important to get back at once, y'know, to get myhands on the ropes and acquire the feel of things." Will you come here again?"For a fleeting moment, he caught an expression of pain on the man's face,then it disappeared, to be.