[ Yeah, Sam knows Beth. Not too well, granted, but they'd gotten to talking, and the two of them have got a lot in common. She'd told him the world had ended back where she was from, and he'd known she meant that literally, but he hadn't asked for specifics.
No wonder she'd said that so many people were struggling to find happiness moving forward.
It's... not exactly a pleasant topic to think about, but Sam's a practical guy, and it's not the first time he's promised to put someone down if he needed to. And on the other side, he's not gonna deny that there's a slow curl of warmth at the implication that Shepard trusts him. ]
(Yeah, I get you. Last thing we need is some kind of outbreak.)
(Shit, Sam. If I were turned into a Husk, I'd want to be put down too.)
[Now that tone, far from the professionalism she began with, this tone is downright fond. She fed him a request founded in compassion and he responded with practicality, a mind to the goal. Goddamn, but she lo--]
(You sure as hell better not turn into a Husk, I can count on one hand the number of people I've got that I can trust here and I don't need to be down one of them.) [ There's a pause, then he adds, ] (But all right, noted. You can count on me for that, too.)
[ Friendship means promising to kill someone if they become something other than themselves and are a danger to everyone else around them, it seems, but Sam agrees to it with no hesitation. He and Shepard are too alike, there, practicality mixed with compassion, and his tone is nothing but fondness in return. ]
[Let it be known that even if nothing else existed between them, Sam has earned himself an eager audience for his cooking experiments... not to mention any other extracurricular experiments he might suggest.]
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No wonder she'd said that so many people were struggling to find happiness moving forward.
It's... not exactly a pleasant topic to think about, but Sam's a practical guy, and it's not the first time he's promised to put someone down if he needed to. And on the other side, he's not gonna deny that there's a slow curl of warmth at the implication that Shepard trusts him. ]
( Yeah, I get you. Last thing we need is some kind of outbreak. )
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[Now that tone, far from the professionalism she began with, this tone is downright fond. She fed him a request founded in compassion and he responded with practicality, a mind to the goal. Goddamn, but she lo--]
( Thanks. It's good to have somebody to lean on. )
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[ Friendship means promising to kill someone if they become something other than themselves and are a danger to everyone else around them, it seems, but Sam agrees to it with no hesitation. He and Shepard are too alike, there, practicality mixed with compassion, and his tone is nothing but fondness in return. ]
( You've always got me, Shepard. )
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[Right through her sternum, presumably with a high-powered rifle. It gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling, it really does.]
( Right back at you. )
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The fondness across their connection shifts, becomes a little bit playful, a little bit flirtatious. ]
( I do my best. Speaking of which - you hungry? I got a big batch of stew cooking up and no one to try it on. )
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[Let it be known that even if nothing else existed between them, Sam has earned himself an eager audience for his cooking experiments... not to mention any other extracurricular experiments he might suggest.]
( I'll be right there. )