"EDI."

"Yes, Shepard?"

"Call Kaidan up to my quarters. Keep it discreet."

"At once."

Elle plants herself on the sofa, sighing away a measly amount of stress in the process. Thessia is lost and the Prothean VI was taken before they could find out, once and for all, what the Catalyst is.

She doesn't know how to be anything but a leader, but it isn't without its burdens. Heavy ones, at that. The weight piles up on her shoulders until she can't stand up anymore.

The door chimes.

"It's open," she says with her fingers at her temples.

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