No, I know. [Unlike...most everyone else she hangs out with, Kaidan doesn't think that Shepard was born to do what she does.] That's...the same krogan you helped with the rite of passage? Do I want to know the details on this one?

[He waits, patient and understanding as ever, for her to say what she wants.] Hey. I have a talent for throwing people into walls with my mind and a few hand gestures. Having power of any kind is a responsibility, I know. [He frowns, and this time he does reach for her hand. Sue him, she's upset and he doesn't see this side of her very often]

You know what I think? I think that why you were brought back doesn't matter. Not really. If the Illusive Man was so insistent on you being - on you being you, then you is what he and anyone else gets to deal with. If you didn't - if you hadn't gone down with the Normandy, you and I both know you would have been out there fighting the Collectors, regardless. [His expression is worried] You were - no one's ever meant to die, Shepard. And whether or not Cerberus meant to give you a second chance at life, that's what you've got.