[ That nastiness is something Rogue doesn't even have to forgive - she deserves it, for not explaining herself properly. How many times has she been wrongly judged for what she is rather than who? It's something she despises, and now here she is doing the exact same thing. ]
You're right, I apologize, that wasn't right of me. [ Her tone is sincere, the genuine emotion seeping through her shields. ] I've had a lot of bad experiences with the military in the past, and I honestly don't know how things are gonna go here.
[ But even that doesn't seem like enough, so she keeps going, even if later she might regret having said too much. ] My world's been at war for years, and I was-- I was on the losing side. I was a prisoner of war before this.
[ And then, quickly added-- ] But that doesn't excuse judging a person before you know them. I promise you I'm gonna try not to do that. [ There's a desperation lurking in the corners of her mind, a need for Shepard to understand, for this problem to be fixed. It's too soon for her to mess things up, she's only just arrived, she can't be ruining this new life already. ]
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You're right, I apologize, that wasn't right of me. [ Her tone is sincere, the genuine emotion seeping through her shields. ] I've had a lot of bad experiences with the military in the past, and I honestly don't know how things are gonna go here.
[ But even that doesn't seem like enough, so she keeps going, even if later she might regret having said too much. ] My world's been at war for years, and I was-- I was on the losing side. I was a prisoner of war before this.
[ And then, quickly added-- ] But that doesn't excuse judging a person before you know them. I promise you I'm gonna try not to do that. [ There's a desperation lurking in the corners of her mind, a need for Shepard to understand, for this problem to be fixed. It's too soon for her to mess things up, she's only just arrived, she can't be ruining this new life already. ]