Chapter 108: Country Roads, Take Me Home

=== Summary ===
Shepard has a migraine after handling the prothean artifacts and she is disturbed by the idea that the Reapers might not be as dead as they appear.
Several days later, Shepard comes to the rock-solid conclusion that she must stay on the Citadel for her Council duties (not to mention for Viatrix, who is due to start teething) and Garrus needs to captain the Normandy without feeling like he is just holding down the fort for her. She ends up explaining the necessity to Garrus who reluctantly agrees to the first two points, though neither likes the idea of being separated for six weeks.
Two days later, Viatrix meets Javik (who is charmed despite himself). He and Shepard meet with Dr. Chakwas, who shows Shepard that while Vi got half her DNA from Garrus, Shepard’s human DNA had rearranged itself to a turian equivalent- much like an asari would. Javik confirms that this is a natural ability that the protheans had expanded, and his people were quite adept at synthetically doing so. When Shepard points out that the protheans never got that far, Dr. Chakwas reminds her of the genetically engineered plague that had run rampant on Omega. The Collectors- tools of the Reapers were very capable of such feats.
Shepard freaks out in her cabin with Garrus about the news. Garrus firmly hugs Shepard and tells her the Reapers are dead, and the how or why of Viatrix’s birth didn’t matter anymore. But even as he holds his family tightly, hoping he is right, he has a memory of a threat and a doubt.
Two days after that, Nyrius contacts Garrus with disturbing news: his father is missing.
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