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[dispenserofjustice]

You know what I was just thinking? "It would be great to visit a creepy, mostly abandoned colony right now." Because the first several times we had to answer a distress call or had a mission that took us to these outposts weren't bad enough.

That's not really why I'm typing this up. Correct me if I am wrong but it looks like most people here are human. That's a little bit of a problem for me. Love humans, honestly. Some of my close friends are human.

The whole "we evolved on levo-amino acid-based biospheres" is the deal-breaker. I can't exactly eat levo-based food. Well I could but I'd prefer a better death than that. So what I'm trying to ask is if there is, possibly, any alternatives.

I mean I'd really like to not starve if that's possible. Just throwing that out there for consideration.

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[superposition]

[ Okay, so he does know Shepard. Noted. Qubit doesn't know what specific event Garrus is referring to, of course, since Shepard couldn't have told him about it, but I presume she's told him that the Reapers are a thing, so it still answers his question acceptably. ]

Right, I see now what's going on. Alternate timelines. You've been Ported to Anchor directly from your home universe, whereas I met you on an alternate Earth to which we'd both been Ported. The reason you don't remember me is because for you, that never happened.

[ He's very matter-of-fact about it. It's a bit disappointing that they'll have to start from scratch, of course, but at least there's a clear reason why. ]

[dispenserofjustice]

[ At least someone knows what is going on. Garrus, of course, listens to Qubit talk. Honestly it is as good if an explanation as any. No one's really thought about alternate timelines... But hey. ]

At this point I think I might believe any theory presented to me. This makes sense, of course, but it still makes me wonder how any of this is even possible.

[superposition]

I hate to say "it just is," but... [ Qubit shrugs. ] Unfortunately, I don't the time to write a book on the subject, so you may just have to take my word for it this time.

Anyway, I'd say we have more pressing concerns. Like securing you something you can actually eat. Some parts of the Biolab are still inaccessible, but anything we can synthesize will be better than nothing.

[ Yeah, the camera jostling signifies he's getting up to head over there. He switches to audio at this point. ]