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[Posted on July 8, nighttime.]

Just a thought, considering our recent guests - what's your opinion on vampires and werewolves? Do you have them where you come from or are they just in stories? Monsters? Misunderstood? Just another type of creature?

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I'd say realistic, myself. You wouldn't catch me trying to save someone with darkness in their heart, at least not the really bad kind. Now, people with rough pasts who've done bad things, but are generally decent people, that's another story. Then again, I've been called forgiving before, when it comes to that sort of thing.

I've known people like that. "Forgiving", in their own way. So far, it seems to be working out all right for them.

In their own way? What way was that?

You'd probably call it more "don't screw around on my ship or else", and less forgiveness. But it did work.

That sounds kind of like the opposite of forgiveness.

Depends on the perspective, I think. Probably didn't feel that way to everyone, but for the people with bounties on their heads... serving on a ship where you didn't have to worry about that kind of thing was a relief.

I guess I can see that. Supernaturals back home have to keep their heads down or they get hunted, so it would make sense to sacrifice a total lack of freedom for conditional freedom.

I'm not a charity you know.

I had a job to do. They were all brought on board for actual reasons.

Not surprised to hear it.

So you're the 'forgiving' captain then?

That would be me.

Commander Shepard.

Pleasure to officially meet you, Commander Shepard. I'm Ches Fields.

I wouldn't say we've met, exactly. But likewise.

Edited (mica, don't write tags at 3am please) 2022-07-17 19:27 (UTC)

Well, exchanged names then. How's that?

Good news is, once we got the job done, almost everyone had opportunity for more freedom. New lives - more respect back home. So, a win-win.

Sounds like a win-win to me. That's kind of how my place operates back home. We take in strays, they learn to live on their own, they end up heading out. Or staying, some of them stay.

Like a kind of halfway house?

You could call it that and you wouldn't be wrong.

That's a good cause, from what I've seen. Know a lot of those places whose old inhabitants came back to defend them when they had to.

Yeah. I know a lot of the people who've moved on would come back if they had to, to defend us.

Means you're doing a good job, I'd say. So... what do you go by? Probably should make introductions.

I figure I'm doing well enough.

Chester Fields. But just Ches is fine.

Garrus Vakarian. Appreciate the information. Those things really don't exist for my people.

Nice to meet you. D'you go by Garrus or is the whole thing your preferred name?

No problem. They're interesting legends.

Just "Garrus" is more than fine with me. Kind of like humans - given name, family name.

That's cool to know. I just didn't want to assume anything, you know?

Nice to meet you, Garrus.

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