"A long time," he agreed, staring off at the skyline. It didn't feel like home, too human here for him to ever be entirely comfortable. The architecture just never felt right to him, and the lack of aircars and the tang of ozone always reminded him that they were far from home. "Seem like another lifetime ago." At this rate they'd had so many lifetimes worth of tragedy, loss, and hardship, that it was a damn miracle they kept putting one foot in front of the other every damn day.

"They would've liked to meet you, Shepard. They were a good group, some of the best, you would've found them as loyal as any of the crew you have now." It was not something he said lightly, knowing all the times he'd shared stories about her that left his men amazed and in disbelief at some of the things they had done in going after Saren.