Ahhh, that was it. I really love how his character developed in ME2. It was hard to imagine how he could get more awesome but they pulled it off (by "pulling the stick out his ass"

;)). More wisecracks, more confidence, he seems to really enjoy going out and fighting baddies, and not in an emo it-doesn't-matter-if-I-die-life-is-pointless kind of way, he's out there having fun. And he seems to have the most non-dialogue character interaction with Shep (male or female, LI or not), where they exchange looks or Shep gives him a soldierly pat on the arm or back, or like that moment during the suicide mission where you think he's been shot (I was prepared to immediately exit to the dashboard and restart..) and Shepard runs over as you realize he's OK, it's the only time Shep almost bares real emotion in the entire mission. When other squadmates die s/he just seems more like a surgeon who's lost a patient or something, not a friend. I especially love that moment if it's a Garrus-romance playthrough

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Speaking of which I've been wondering if that happens with any of the other characters? I've never seen a video of another character getting shot and walking it off, only Garrus. Would make sense of course

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p.s. I am having trouble getting a Garrus love and adoration banner in my sig. The ones in the OP don't appear to have an actual link in them?