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I was the one who had it all
Thane had a reputation as the best assassin in the galaxy before his enemies killed his first siha, and left his son to target his last paid contract.
I was the master of my fate
He was dying anyway, why not have this be the last death?
I never needed anybody in my life
But someone else had just made her presence very known by waltzing into the building and shooting down those blocking the exit. And then she arrived to distract his target and her guards, which was not part of the plan, but he was good at making one up on the fly. Then she asked him to be a part of her suicidal mission. Well. Why not?
I learned the truth too late
Why is his son trying to follow in his Gods Damned footsteps?! It was lunacy he’d had no choice in the matter of his life, Krelyx did! So he begged Shepard to go back to the Citadel to stop his son from doing something idiotic. He couldn’t let the one good thing he put into this world go dark.
I’ll never shake away the pain
They were successful thank the Goddess of Mercy. He couldn’t thank Shepard enough for her kindness in not only stopping his son but allowing them some words. It won’t probably be enough to build up his and his son’s relationship before he died, but it was something.
I close my eyes but she’s still there
Why is it that he finds himself looking forward to her questions about his species and himself as a whole, and yet dreads when she leaves? No. He….he can’t have. And yet he slips more and more into the memories of meeting Shepard and any time she brings him on a mission.
I let her steal into my melancholy heart
Oh damn. He had . He was very much again awake because of this human female! And with no time. He was dying, she’d been dead for the past two years. How the blazes were they to work?
It’s more than I can bear
He told her what siha meant. Fuck. And they were getting ever closer to the suicide mission where someone was going to die. Maybe all of them. Not that it seemed to put a damper on her spirits. “They said getting to Ilos would be impossible too. I still did that.” She pointed out with a self satisfied grin.
She will still torment me; calm me, hurt me move me, come what may
Will she stop wearing such a dress around him?! It was damn getting distracting! And besides. He didn’t want any other male on this ship to see her in it. He would actually be responsible for uncalled for deaths for the first time in his life.
Wasting in my lonely tower; waiting by an open door, I’ll fool myself she’ll walk right in
She came to see him after a near death experience that had taken her nearly two days to accomplish. He had worried about her long absence as it had been a solo mission. He hadn’t liked the sound of it, and he had been waiting for her in his life support room with bated breath. He held her hands tightly in his. What a warrior his siha was. So damn beautiful.
And be with me for evermore
He didn’t know what waited for him in this final battle. But looking at the woman laying in his arms? Worth it completely to him. ‘I curse the fading of the light.’ He couldn’t help thinking. Cause every day he knew his clock was ticking down to the day he died. And it was coming very soon.