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which brings me to my second point: the dossiers were all approved by the illusive man, but i don’t believe that anyone knew who archangel was. the illusive man could have manipulated shepard a whole lot better if he’d known. i don’t even think they had any data on him beyond what he’d accomplished: sniper, commander, guerrilla warfare. i don’t think anyone other than garm knew his species. bringing a turian on board was not something that people knew would happen.

personnel might have been vetted to keep their cool about a variety of aliens living on their ship, but humans and turians have a uniquely tense rapport, and no one said anything about turians before suddenly there’s one getting rushed into their med-bay for emergency surgery.

garrus says they’re all working together, everyone’s been polite, and we can take him at his word here. but it’s a lot more fun not to. things to consider: 1) if they’ve all been polite while he was in medical recovery, that doesn’t mean something doesn’t change the moment they realize he’s there to stay as a squad member rather than just a temporary patient 2) being polite to his face doesn’t mean they don’t harbor any resentment, just that they haven’t been overt about it, which could also change at any time 3) garrus has reason to downplay any side-eyes or unpleasant encounters; the last thing he needs in his situation is to get booted off the team for his own well-being and left alone in the wreckage that’s his life with no purpose beyond avenging his team.

ultimately, garrus is not the kind of person who lets his guard down easily, especially not after what just happened to him. omega might have been a more dangerous place to be, but all that means is that he’s confident he can handle whatever a bunch of non-combatant humanity-first xenophobes can throw at him. what he says to shepard — he literally says, don’t worry — feels like it’s entirely meant to put her at ease, stop her from thinking about it. if you look at it that way, it fits with way he’ll withdraw, hole up in the battery and entertain no conversation about how he’s feeling.