[ They gave the CDC that power. To hurt them, by signing up, and to hurt those they cared about, by caring in the first place. Noh-Varr wishes it were as easy as trusting his fellow recruits not to do anything to set the CDC off in the first place, but it isn't so simple. Mistakes happen, and the CDC is an opaque structure. Their employers have, by and large, been downright merciful.
He looks Garrus square in the eye, his expression distant, considering. ]
You're wrong. There is teaching. They're reminding us what's hanging over our heads.
[ The effect of this has been like a bomb going off at the heart of the crew. In that way, it has been deeply effective as a motivator. ]
We're on the end of their tether, Garrus. We have to live with that.
[ He's too tired for real anger, but he summons up enough of it to draw himself up a bit. ]
This will happen again. [ And it may be for even less of a reason. ] We need to be ready.
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He looks Garrus square in the eye, his expression distant, considering. ]
You're wrong. There is teaching. They're reminding us what's hanging over our heads.
[ The effect of this has been like a bomb going off at the heart of the crew. In that way, it has been deeply effective as a motivator. ]
We're on the end of their tether, Garrus. We have to live with that.
[ He's too tired for real anger, but he summons up enough of it to draw himself up a bit. ]
This will happen again. [ And it may be for even less of a reason. ] We need to be ready.