Anyway, on with the show!
Liara T'Soni wrote:
Shepard,
Thank you for your assistance on Illium. It's been a while since
we caught Nyxeris, and things are starting to calm down; I got
the last of the surveilance devices out of my office only last night.
I truly cannot tell you how much of a relief it was to see you again;
it saddens me that it couldn't be under better circumstances, but
we both know that some things are beyond all our control. The joy
at seeing you again, alive and whole, was almost overwhelming.
Now that I'm (relatively) secure here, hopefully I can explain myself
to you properly.
A month after the destruction of the Normandy, I received word that
someone had found your body, and was intending to sell it to the
Collectors. The contact I mentioned during our visits was the key;
he worked as a double-agent for the Shadow Broker and Cerberus.
A drell named Feron, he helped me to locate your body and wrest it
from the Shadow Broker just as this...thing...showed up to collect it.
In the fight that ensued, Feron and I became separated; while I tried
to get away with your body, he held the Broker's enforcers off long
enough for me to make a break for our ship. I still don't know what
they did with him...part of me hopes he is alive somewhere, but that
hope is dimming. Regardless, I know that the Shadow Broker does
business with the Collectors. Perhaps when your mission is done,
we can work together again to bring him down.
As I said, it was good to see you again, and I am glad at least that
Tali and Garrus are still with you. I would tell you to be cautious about
Miranda, but you've probably figured out already whether or not she is
to be trusted. I hope she is -- she played a large part in bringing you
back to me. That sounds so selfish to hear it aloud. Maybe someday
soon we will be able to embrace one another again, and all will be
made clear. Untill then, may the Goddess look kindly upon your journey.
Liara T'Soni
P.S.: I"ve included a letter I wrote to you shortly after I delivered you to
Cerberus. Hopefully it will help to explain things a bit more.
Liara
T'Soni wrote...
Shepard,
I don't know if you'll ever see this letter, but it just had to be written.
As I write, the Cerberus agents are loading your coffin into their ship,
to what destination I can only speculate. They say they can rebuild
you, remake you into the woman you once were. Only time will tell if
this is just one of their schemes; I cannot imagine what they may try
to do to you, or if what they promise is even possible.
The Goddess was kind to me when She brought you into my life.
Before then, there was only the work; I was isolated, buried in the
past, focused on rooting out the mysteries of the Protheans and
those who came before.I spent my time elbow-deep in the dust of
civilizations, the tedium interrupted only occasionally by a new find,
or the appearance of pirates, mercenaries, or the occasional outlaw
archeologist. Then, suddenly, you sprang headfirst into my life, guns
blazing, willing to kill and die to save me from being dragged off to
who knew what fate Saren or my mother may have intended for me.
You opened your ship to me, made me a part of your crew, but it was
more than that. You didn't just probe me for information and cast me
aside, you extended an offer of friendship.
I considered myself barely more than a child, but you treated me as
an equal; what is more, you opened me to the wider galaxy. It was
through our hunt for Saren and the Conduit that you helped me piece
together the meaning of my life. You helped me to experience what it
meant to live in the present, instead of sifting through the leavings of
the ancient ones. And more importantly, you showed me how to fight
for the future of all. Even when I was at my lowest, after Benezia's
death, you were there for me, guiding me, helping me to remember
the woman she once was, a caring and devoted person. I knew that
I must know you, help you if I could, be there at your side no matter
what might occur. When the worst happened, and I was not by your
side, it nearly broke me. That was why I did what I did, why I nearly
threw away everything for this one last chance to prove how much
you meant to me. I loved...I love you. I can never let you go. I hope you
can forgive me for doing this; I remember how hard you fought to halt
the experiments being undertaken by Cerberus. Those memories are
omnipresent, haunting me, mocking me for what I have done.
If you survive, if they give you this second chance, I hope that you can
forgive me. I have no one else to seek solace with, no one else who is
capable of understanding what we went through.
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