There was only ever one person for my Shepard, and that person was Kaidan Alenko. Getting to watch these two awkward dopes slowly build a relationship over the course of the trilogy was a personal highlight for me as a gaymer who just wanted to have the same fun everyone else was having in this incredible universe.
And as I prepare to take these two on their final adventure with tomorrow’s DLC I just want to say thank you so much Bioware, from the bottom of my sappy heart.THINGS YOU LEARN WHEN YOU LOVE COMMANDER SHEPARD
- He makes all the noises.
- They’re…pretty accurate, too.
- Even though you might not think a turian cruiser actually goes ‘whooshbang,’ the more you think about it…
- It kinda does, you know?
- And he put ‘em together himself. Scarred hands, cramping now and then, from kits just like he was a kid.
- And he never had those kits when he was a kid, so you guess that makes sense. He’s got ‘em now.
- He’s got you now.
- You guess that all you’re doing, all humanity is, is building ways so that people who were born without wings know what it’s like to fly.
- So that they know how. The wind against their face, just like that.
- They’ve always been trying.
- And maybe they reach too high or go too far, and they find darkness out there, hiding behind the sun.
- And maybe they’re just toys to something bigger, stronger, smarter than they are.
- Zooming through the air from place to place.
- And maybe, just like that, tomorrow…
- It’ll all be gone.
- A collection of forgotten models. Put aside for a newer one.
- But there’s always room in your heart for an old flame.
- And Shepard sleeps with a turian cruiser in bed, poking Kaidan in the side when he rolls over to pull him in.
- You can dock in an idea, in a hope, in a dream.
- In somebody else’s arms.
