It’s been a long time since Kaidan has thought about this.
It’s probably a bad thing that he remembers it so vividly, almost two decades later. He’d told Shepard he was over it, and for the most part that’s true. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t niggle at him every now and then. The first person you kill has a tendency to stick with you.
It unfolds exactly the same way it did the first time. The students are training under the watchful eye of Vyrnnus, who’s staring at them all with an expression of open dislike slapped across turian features. Rahna gets tired early on, and Kaidan wishes he could lend her some of his strength. He’s always been able to go for longer than most of the other students.
But he can’t do that, can only watch as she swipes a hand across her forehead, and then reaches for a glass of water. Something in the back of Kaidan’s mind tells him to stop her, get it for her but the memory is in full force now and he can only let it happen. Vyrnnus’ eyes zero in on the girl and biotic blue slaps the glass out of her hand. It crashes to the ground as the ex-Commander storms over in the midst of Rahna’s fearful apologies.
“Hey!” Kaidan finds himself yelling. “Hey, leave her alone!”
He’s ignored. The turian grabbed Rahna by the arm, ignoring the girl’s cry of pain.
“If you’re not using it for biotics, you don’t use it at all,” he growls. The snap of her arm breaking splits the sudden silence of the room.
White hot rage sears through Kaidan and comes out blue before he can think about it. It’s not any definable power, just a wave of energy that slams into the turian, snapping—
Except it doesn’t snap his neck, this time. And when Kaidan turns to Rahna, it’s not fear that clouds her gaze, because nothing clouds it at all. Kaidan becomes abruptly aware of the fact that every person in the room is now staring at him.
protecting his not-girlfriend!
It’s probably a bad thing that he remembers it so vividly, almost two decades later. He’d told Shepard he was over it, and for the most part that’s true. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t niggle at him every now and then. The first person you kill has a tendency to stick with you.
It unfolds exactly the same way it did the first time. The students are training under the watchful eye of Vyrnnus, who’s staring at them all with an expression of open dislike slapped across turian features. Rahna gets tired early on, and Kaidan wishes he could lend her some of his strength. He’s always been able to go for longer than most of the other students.
But he can’t do that, can only watch as she swipes a hand across her forehead, and then reaches for a glass of water. Something in the back of Kaidan’s mind tells him to stop her, get it for her but the memory is in full force now and he can only let it happen. Vyrnnus’ eyes zero in on the girl and biotic blue slaps the glass out of her hand. It crashes to the ground as the ex-Commander storms over in the midst of Rahna’s fearful apologies.
“Hey!” Kaidan finds himself yelling. “Hey, leave her alone!”
He’s ignored. The turian grabbed Rahna by the arm, ignoring the girl’s cry of pain.
“If you’re not using it for biotics, you don’t use it at all,” he growls. The snap of her arm breaking splits the sudden silence of the room.
White hot rage sears through Kaidan and comes out blue before he can think about it. It’s not any definable power, just a wave of energy that slams into the turian, snapping—
Except it doesn’t snap his neck, this time. And when Kaidan turns to Rahna, it’s not fear that clouds her gaze, because nothing clouds it at all. Kaidan becomes abruptly aware of the fact that every person in the room is now staring at him.
“You’re going down, Alenko!”
Rahna is the first one to attack.