Chapter 165: Every Little Thing She Does is Magic

=== Summary ===
Aelianus reassures Garrus that Akantha will answer for her dismissal of (and possible involvement with) the slurs left in front of the park targeting Shepard. Garrus wonders how he is supposed to meditate with how he is feeling and his father encourages him to think of Shepard and Vi. After Aelianus leaves, Garrus begins his xalanlik. He thinks of loss, of those who have already lost, when he lost Shepard and how Shepard will likely lose him one day. He thinks of love, and of being enough, and who he really is. Eventually Garrus falls asleep and the shadow sitting beside him leaves before he wakes. Shepard and Garrus separately stress over something going wrong on their wedding day, with the wedding party acting as support groups for each. Right before the ceremony Garrus and Shepard give each other their wedding gifts- a spanner from the SR1 for Shepard because of all the time he spent fixing her beloved Mako, and an Archangel pocket watch for Garrus- because he’s always had her six.
=== Title Meaning ===
This chapter takes it's name from the 1981 hit pop rock son by the Police, in which the singer laments their great love for a woman, but cannot find the nerve to tell her.
=== Easter Eggs ===
==== Discord Highlights ====
One's inability to breathe in sand, advertising jingles that live rent-free in our brains, and warrior unicorns.