Chapter 153: . . .is Down

=== Summary ===
Mini-Arc: “Secrets’ Fallout” Continues
Shepard and Garrus discuss the lack of travel to Kahje and hanar holiday etiquette, pretending as though things are normal between them. On their way to the underwater ceremonies Shepard nurses her anxiety about the upcoming performance, anger at Garrus, and more than a hint of self-loathing that is still being drowned by her rage. She watches Garrus interact with Vi, who watches the large number of hanar and assorted creatures outside their personal ship as well as her newly-discovered reflection. Shepard fluctuates between brooding on their problems and the task at hand. Once at the Nyahir Amphitheatre, their pilot Adjelimna makes his knowledge and interpretation of the upcoming performance available to them. The hanar troupe Tranquil Current performs for the Shepard-Vakarians an artistic rendition of the Reaper War. Despite the pain and anger between the two of them, Shepard and Garrus set it aside for the moment; the dance-like display reminding them what they fought for and why they fell in love. Though they both almost fall back into their normal and loving routine, the broken trust and unresolved issues make Shepard’s leaving awkward.
Javik meets Shepard at Mount Vassla, where he escorts her deep within the mountain. On the way down, Javik explains that the Prothean Empire’s relationship with the hanar was initially created by some rogue protheea who wanted to be worshiped as gods, and their uplifting was unsanctioned by the Empire at large. An unforeseen benefit was that hanar genetic code makes them ideal for genetic memory encoding, and as a result the Empire used the hanar to create a secret archive. Shepard and Javik are the only ones able to access the information stored, unfortunately- and the task of sorting through the data is momentous.
On Ilos, Alexander descends deeper into the research facility than anyone in living memory. Behind a hidden door and beyond what the Protheans themselves had built, new voices lead him to an ancient tank and invite him to be mended. He enters the tank naked and in the darkness closes his eyes.
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==== Discord Highlights ====
WTF is up with Vigil, way more Canadians than one would expect, and a whole lot of grumbling.