You're asking a lot of philosophical questions for somebody not providing any answers of your own.
[Shepard's own reply is square and flat, more consistent than any calligrapher could manage. She's not used to writing by hand, and even in this mental space it still comes out in the blocky standard-use font installed in every Alliance Datapad.]
I'm a soldier; back home, I'd say I am a marine. An officer: I'm Commander Shepard.
At the end of the day, my duty, my responsibility, is to do my best to follow orders, and to protect my people where I can, and to spend their lives well where I can't, rather than wasting them in either case. I like to think I've done a pretty good job, overall. But only time will tell if it was enough. Sometimes you just don't get to know.
Why do you ask, Mister Snow? It's not like we're not all due for a crisis of faith, but...
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[Shepard's own reply is square and flat, more consistent than any calligrapher could manage. She's not used to writing by hand, and even in this mental space it still comes out in the blocky standard-use font installed in every Alliance Datapad.]
I'm a soldier; back home, I'd say I am a marine. An officer: I'm Commander Shepard.
At the end of the day, my duty, my responsibility, is to do my best to follow orders, and to protect my people where I can, and to spend their lives well where I can't, rather than wasting them in either case. I like to think I've done a pretty good job, overall. But only time will tell if it was enough. Sometimes you just don't get to know.
Why do you ask, Mister Snow? It's not like we're not all due for a crisis of faith, but...