Jane Squared - Part XIII
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August 28 2015, 03:57:51 UTC
As soon as Jane Shepard entered her quarters she knew that something was wrong. More specifically, she knew that she was in trouble. It was a sixth sense that had often saved her on the battlefield, it had been developed on the streets from a young age and honed into a life-saving skill throughout her military career. But as she set her datapad down and shrugged her jacket off, casually glancing at the pacing Asari in the next room, she knew that no deflection or dodge was going to save her now.
“So, let me get this straight,” Liara started without so much as a hello. “You free your clone to walk around the ship, something that I thought we were going to discuss and decide together. Fine,” she said, stopping her pacing for one moment to glare at Shepard and visually indicate with her facial expression that it was far from anything resembling ‘fine’. “But then,” she continued and began to pace again. “Then, you give her a name. Again. Fine.” And again, the look she gave Shepard was anything but fine. “But, oh no, wait, it’s not just any name. Not any name that you and I had discussed anyway. But the name of your mother? A mother that I didn’t even know existed. That I had to be told about, like a fool, by your clone.”
“Liara-”
“No, don’t,” Liara cut her off. “This is just like you. You are guarded and reserved with anything close to resembling deep feelings-”
“That’s not fair-”
“Clamming up whenever I want to discuss anything serious. But you open up in drunken binges with Garrus or Tali. And now-”
“I can never surprise you!” Jane interrupted. “Every time I tell you something I think is revealing, you tell me that you already knew!”
“Locations of people. The identity of my own father,” Liara counted off on her fingers. “Those are things that I already know. This,” she stopped and put her hand to her mouth, turning her face away from Jane. “This was something personal,” she whispered. “About you and I had to find out…”
Jane drew in a deep breath. She knew that she wasn’t the most touchy, feely person in the universe but she wasn’t a complete ice queen, either. The whole of Liara’s allegations were a little unfair, but on this one point, Jane conceded, the Asari might have a reason to be upset. “I should’ve told you, I know,” Jane said, walking up and approaching Liara who still had her back to her. “It wasn’t anything that I had planned. When I left this morning I was still leaning toward Melissa,” she joked but Liara did not seem to appreciate it.
Getting tired of staring at Liara’s back, Jane turned around and threw her arms in the air. “I mean, I didn’t…” She scratched her head. How did she get herself into these situations? Trying to explain, she began to outline her day and how the whole thing had just…happened. “I got off the elevator and heard the crew talking about her and then I went to talk to Garrus-”
“So, you discussed this with Garrus and not with me.”
“So, let me get this straight,” Liara started without so much as a hello. “You free your clone to walk around the ship, something that I thought we were going to discuss and decide together. Fine,” she said, stopping her pacing for one moment to glare at Shepard and visually indicate with her facial expression that it was far from anything resembling ‘fine’. “But then,” she continued and began to pace again. “Then, you give her a name. Again. Fine.” And again, the look she gave Shepard was anything but fine. “But, oh no, wait, it’s not just any name. Not any name that you and I had discussed anyway. But the name of your mother? A mother that I didn’t even know existed. That I had to be told about, like a fool, by your clone.”
“Liara-”
“No, don’t,” Liara cut her off. “This is just like you. You are guarded and reserved with anything close to resembling deep feelings-”
“That’s not fair-”
“Clamming up whenever I want to discuss anything serious. But you open up in drunken binges with Garrus or Tali. And now-”
“I can never surprise you!” Jane interrupted. “Every time I tell you something I think is revealing, you tell me that you already knew!”
“Locations of people. The identity of my own father,” Liara counted off on her fingers. “Those are things that I already know. This,” she stopped and put her hand to her mouth, turning her face away from Jane. “This was something personal,” she whispered. “About you and I had to find out…”
Jane drew in a deep breath. She knew that she wasn’t the most touchy, feely person in the universe but she wasn’t a complete ice queen, either. The whole of Liara’s allegations were a little unfair, but on this one point, Jane conceded, the Asari might have a reason to be upset. “I should’ve told you, I know,” Jane said, walking up and approaching Liara who still had her back to her. “It wasn’t anything that I had planned. When I left this morning I was still leaning toward Melissa,” she joked but Liara did not seem to appreciate it.
Getting tired of staring at Liara’s back, Jane turned around and threw her arms in the air. “I mean, I didn’t…” She scratched her head. How did she get herself into these situations? Trying to explain, she began to outline her day and how the whole thing had just…happened. “I got off the elevator and heard the crew talking about her and then I went to talk to Garrus-”
“So, you discussed this with Garrus and not with me.”
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