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"Did you remove them-" Shepard gestured to his chest "When you reconstructed me?"
Miranda stopped typing, neatly folding her hands.
"I knew this was coming one day but, in short: Yes." she stated. "The long answer is, I took the liberty of digging a little deeper into your past and saw you planned on getting it done after dealing with Saren, but as we both know, things didn't go as planned."
"No... no they didn't." He sighed, a deep sound of tired going with it. "Highly invasive search aside, thanks. For that."
"And you're welcome. I didn't see anything else in your files so I didn't change any other parts, if you're wondering."
He did wonder, and he also knew nothing else would be in his files because he hadn't had time to think of his life that far ahead yet.
A beat of pause hung in the air as he contemplated leaving or saying more.
He decided to stay.
"You didn't have to do that you know, though I guess it beats paying for it myself."
And there's the added bonus of spending Cerberus' money and not his own. If they're gonna keep him ball & chained, he might as well reap the rare benefits from it.
Maybe he'll even consider another one.