Cerberus Operative

❝  i guess i always kinda knew?  it just wasn’t that important until i got older.  ❞

❝  it never mattered to me like,  what form people came in.  i love souls,  the body is just kinda like pretty packaging.  it’s nice but it’s not what’s important to me.  ❞

❝  oh yeah i did the whole ‘massive crush on my best friend’ thing.  wouldn’t recommend it.  ❞

❝  today my gender is kinda of ‘meeehh?’  ❞

❝  yeah of course i’m only into women,  have you seen them?  ❞

❝  i think i had a harder time accepting myself than my family ever did.  ❞

❝  i’m pretty sure everyone else knew i was gay before i ever realized it.   ❞

❝  i have a hard time talking about it,  even now—i’m not ashamed or anything like that.  i just,  don’t really know…how or what to say i guess.  ❞

❝  i think i’m ready to actually come out to them.  ❞

❝  i really want to tell them but i don’t wanna do it alone…could you help me with it?  ❞

❝  the ‘am i gay’ quizzes are a gateway drug.  ❞

❝  would you mind using [insert pronouns] for me now?  i’m trying to see how it feels.  ❞

❝  they’re right actually,  i’m gay and i do have an agenda to make everything gayer.  ❞

❝  ever since i told them i’m gay they keep pointing to every slightly attractive man and asking if he’s my type.  ❞

❝  me? no i don’t think i’m—i mean.  yeah sometimes i think about what it’d be like to kiss girls/guys but i’d never…come on,  everyone thinks about it a little bit right?  ❞

❝  at this point the closet is literally made of glass.  ❞

❝  actually,  i’m [insert identity].  ❞

❝  it’s all ‘i wish i was into women it’d be so much easier’ until you find out about the lesbian drama.  ❞

❝  i’m bisexual and confused.  not about being bi,  though.  just like…in general.  about life.  ❞

❝  i just need a nice bear to throw me around for a few hours,  i think it’d do more for me than therapy.  ❞

❝  i would trust any stone butch with my life.  ❞

❝  sappho would be so proud.  ❞

❝  i’m still figuring myself out.  i know i’m not straight,  that’s a start.  ❞

❝  i finally figured out my sexuality and then boom here comes a gender identity crisis.  ❞

❝  i’ve just…never really been interested in the whole sex thing.  ❞

❝  anyway,  if neither of us find our true loves in the next five to ten years,  wanna have a lavender marriage?  for the taxes.  ❞

❝   you wanna come to pride with me?  ❞

❝   this is my first pride actually,  i’m kinda nervous.  ❞

❝   well,  this seems as good a time as any to come out.  ❞

❝  no one can know about this—it’s just between us okay?  ❞

❝  i’d never tell anyone.  ❞

❝  you don’t owe anyone ‘coming out.’  it’s personal,  do things at your own pace.  only tell the people you want to.  ❞

❝  you’ve always made me feel safe so,  i just knew i could tell you about it.  ❞

❝  everyone’s hot and i’m a disaster who doesn’t know how to ask anyone out.  ❞

❝  i’m not sure i wanna fuck them or be them.  ❞

❝  i’m just experimenting i guess,  trying to figure out what i like.  ❞

❝  she said she didn’t see us working out but then she brought me a potted plant so i guess it’s still up in the air.  ❞

❝  i want to be one of those bold,  unapologetic people but i’m still just terrified.  ❞

❝  she’s so pretty i think i’m gonna die.  ❞

❝  oh,  no he’s got a great smile too.  i’m in deep this time.  ❞

❝  how did you know?   like for sure that you were into [gender]?  ❞

❝  do you mind if i ask you a question about being [identity]?  ❞

❝  thank you for trusting me with this.  ❞

❝  it’s okay,  take your time to put it into the right words.  i’m not going anywhere.  ❞

❝  wait,  you think i’m [identity]?  what makes you say that?  ❞

His answer (even though he sounded irritated for some reason Miranda couldn‘t, nor didn‘t care to deduce) doesn‘t displease Miranda. Garrus is among the squadmates she was least concerned about. Everything she‘d studied in his psych profile indicated that he is loyal as he is good at following orders.

And now, he has confirmed that he was loyal to Shepard, through and through, whether she was allied with Cerberus or not. As long as Miranda would manage to gain Shepard‘s trust, Garrus‘ loyalties shouldn‘t be of any concern. Only, getting the Commander to trust her would be challenging, to say the least.

"Fair enough“, Miranda responds, lips curving into a faint, polite smile, something she‘d learned to put on when it could prove useful. "I understand your concern. Cerberus is hardly like the Alliance. We can be ruthless, if necessary.“ She admits. “In addition, our organization is often depicted as being human supremacist. Too many join us out of simple xenophobia.“ Miranda points out, having a feeling that perhaps its anti-alien reputation was a major, if not the main reason for Garrus‘ mistrust.

🙶Really?🙷 Garrus asks, drawing the word out in sarcasm. 🙶You could’ve fooled me... But perhaps you’re right. You’ve never seemed too friendly towards your own people, either.🙷 Logically, he knows he’s equating the woman in front of him with the whole organisation in a way that isn’t necessarily even remotely true. Logically, he knows she’s her own person, and doesn’t necessarily stand for everything Cerberus has done. But he’s so damn tired, so jaded, with the state of the galaxy. He’s just been betrayed by a member of his own team. He can’t be bothered to give a Cerberus operative the benefit of the doubt... even if he probably should ― he trusts Shepard, and Shepard... trusts Miranda enough to let her be her XO, even if Cerberus isn’t to be trusted.

🙶Luring people to their deaths to study thresher maws. Experimenting on the rachni. How many humans have lost their lives because of you?🙷

She merely had to hide a flicker of annoyance that threatened to cross her features -- though, admittedly, the turian was on thin ice now with his sniding sarcasm. He was quick-witted, exactly as his psych profile had claimed, and Miranda got to see it first-hand. For as useful of a character trait this was, it often clashed with individuals who possessed just as sharp of a tongue.. like Miranda.

Only she held that tongue. For now. He was Shepard's most trusted ally aboard, and while Miranda could be brazen, she was just as rational. There was value in being on someone's good side.

"Cerberus operates in many cells", Miranda calmly explained, perhaps with a bit of her impatience bleeding through her voice. She went on, taking a more measured tone, "They operate individually to avoid compromises.. It's an efficient system, but admittedly, it has weaknesses. A cell could go rogue, while the other cells and The Illusive Man remain unaware until it's too late." Feigning some humility. "That is precisely what has happened with these cells. These experiments you spoke of have never been part of The Illusive Man's plans."

Of course, Garrus might be wondering why Cerberus couldn't hire trustworthy individuals who followed the rules, but Miranda already had an argument against that.

"Just like Saren going rogue has never been a part of the Council's plans." Miranda remarked, fully aware that Garrus looked up to the Spectres.

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