Guess who still misses Dawngate

Ayaka, it’s time to come home for tea, queen. 

klee: just blow them up!

kaeya: i would but i cant-

So your kid is alive, then they blow up a Batarian solar system, vanish beyond the Omega 4 Relay before charges can be brought, then show up again in earth a few weeks later insisting that the Reapers are coming. Your ship is posted out in the middle of nowhere because the brass don't like that you've turned down the offer of promotion and then publicly roasted then for the publicity stunt of trying to make you an Admiral. There is a very real chance you won't get back to see your not dead kid before the Alliance hand her over to the Batarians for justice or dole out the death penalty themselves.

Then the Reapers actually do show up, so you fight. People die. Your kid has apparently regained command of their ship and is now hosting several of the most prominent figures in the galaxy on board. You still haven't seen them since before they died.

Several months later you finally, finally get to see your kid having managed to just barely line up shore leave to match.

They're late to the meeting point. There's a report about C-Sec vehicles having been set in fire playing in the background as a juvenile Krogan sulkingly eats spicy noodles in the seat next to a turian you recognise from the vids about the original Normandy. The turian attempts to make awkward small talk with you about heat sinks, you find out later this is your kid's boyfriend. The Krogan juvenile orders his sixth bowl of noodles and complains about being grounded. Your kid arrives just in time to hear the complaint and promise a new dinosaur toy if the Krogan behaves and doesn't light C-Sec on fire again. The Krogan is your grandson now. Apparently he's been your grandson for about a year. Your kid forgot to write you about it. Again.

The Turian compliments your supportive waist in the awkward silence that follows and asks if such things are normally hereditary amoungst humans. Your kid facepalms.

He just want his peace and quiet