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[nostalgiabomb]

... I dunno. I feel like it'd still be worth it for the Dukes of Hazzard-style freeze frame as you're ramping off a mountain with Waylon Jennings saying something like "They do things a little differently around here."

[ Yes, Peter is fully aware this reference is going to go over garrus' head.

At no point does that understanding stop him from typing it out, though. ]

[centurian]

[ ok? making sense of Earth pop culture references from literally centuries ago?

challenge. accepted. ]

huh. i never actually thought about it that way. maybe, when my human commander was doing that, she was just trying to emulate ancient Earth nobility.

but that's one historical reenactment i still don't want to be part of.

[ how'd he do? 0/10? 10/10? definitely 10/10. ]

[nostalgiabomb]

[ The device probably betrays the fact that Peter is typing for a while – a few false starts that go something like, “No, that’s...” or “Actually, uh...” or “I think we have some wires crossed...”

But eventually he settles on, ]

That’s probably exactly what she was trying to do, yeah.

[ Apparently Peter’s decided on “lean into it.” ]

Maybe it was team building? Unite everyone in a shared appreciation for crazy stunts.

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[ wait really? well... score one for Garrus's amazing pop culture skills. who'd have thought he'd totally get a centuries old human reference. ]

let's go with that. i always thought she was just a bad driver. there was this one time we were trying to track down a rogue spectre... basically like a top galactic enforcer, and we ended up in a car chase.

she almost ran into a couple of trucks.

[nostalgiabomb]

wait how.

You guys were in a hovercar or whatever, right? So, you know, all directions are available?

[ like... you could just go up... or down... and avoid a whole lot of obstacles. ]

[centurian]

well in her defence, she was driving through oncoming traffic.

[ ...wait. that's not a very good defence, now is it? ]

[nostalgiabomb]

[ There’s a bit of a pause before his next response, as though Peter was trying to figure out how, exactly, that’s a good excuse. But— ]

How is that better, exactly?

[ he’s open to explanations, here. ]

[centurian]

the person we were following was trying really hard to lose us. there wasn't really anywhere else to go.

you know how it is.

[ dramatic chases... all that fun stuff... ]