Shepard's opinion on the Capitol was similar to her opinion of Cerberus. They both reminded her of something a bunch of over-funded Salarian sociopaths would think up. Some of the people were alright, though, like little glints of light in the mud. There was good use left in what was down here, if you went through the effort to find it. Moments like this were a breath of fresh air.

It was silly, really, to be looking at a hedge to see if she could leap it and gain half a yard, or to be racing for the inside curve. It was completely, utterly frivolous, and stupid with all that cliche idiot-jarhead competitiveness. But damn, if it wasn't fun. By the end of it, Shepard was smiling honestly; you didn't find many of those decent people among the Capitolites, but when you found 'em...