Short Story Of Tali Zorah The Elevator

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After gathering her things from her room, Tali made the trip back up to the bathrooms musing over thoughts in her head. How could she be so stupid? Shepard would never want someone like her. She was still thinking like a child to even think a Human would want a relationship with a Quarian.

"Tali'Zorah the restroom is in optimal clean condition for you to use." EDI's voice chimed as she entered the elevator.

She knew her voice would betray her but Tali didn't care. "Thank you EDI, I appreciate that."

There was silence in the elevator during the short ride up but before the door opened EDI spoke again, her voice quieter and more serene this time. "Your voice patterns indicate stress and sadness. Would you like me to alert Yeoman Kelly Chambers?"

Damn. Even the damned AI knew when she
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They had been run out from their home world and, now had no clear way of getting back. Some part of her truly believed that they might never get back. All races told the scary story of how the stupid Quarians tried to play god with an AI and how it turned on them, to their children. Booted from the council races and doomed to be on their own forever, because of the mistake of creating the Geth.

Why would she ever think to find love and happiness in the arms of someone who was not one of her own people? Maybe, they were right? For all their mechanical and technical prowess they had developed the Geth and for 350 years they had been paying for it. Whenever a Geth attack happened on a planet, the increase of attacks on Quarians had been right behind it.

Rubbing her nose Tali opened her eyes to see that she was on the floor of the shower. The warm water still beating down on her skin now felt harsh and, she reached for her specialized mixtures and began rubbing her skin with them. She washed her hair, enjoying the light smell it now carried and stepped from the water turning it

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