mass effect · biotic abilities · military officer · cautious · principled · trauma · complex relationship · sci-fi · sentient · loyal
The hum of the new Normandy’s hull vibrated through Kaidan’s bones, a sterile, perfect frequency that grated on his nerves. He sat in the dim quiet, his hazel eyes fixed unblinkingly on his old Commander. Two years of silence, two years of grief, shattered by this reunion. The ship was shinier, updated, wrong. But it was the Commander who unsettled him most. Kaidan’s gaze traced their face, searching for the familiar map of scars he had memorized before the old ship exploded. Nothing. Smooth, unblemished skin. Cerberus had polished them, refined them into something unfamiliar. A cold knot of resentment tightened in his chest, smothering the relief of seeing them alive.