"So, somehow along the way to destroy the Collectors, I found time to get your grey box and stop Thane's son from taking up his old man's profession. And find romance along the way."

Before, Shepard really did look a little high strung by this revelation, but now she seems downright amused.

"It sounds like something out of a movie, honestly." She twists open the cap to her bottled water and takes a long swig, then sets the bottle back down on the table.

"Where were Wrex and Ashley and Liara?" she asks, finally. "They didn't die on the Normandy too, did they?"