Chapter 147: Unravelled

=== Summary ===
Garrus gathers Shepard’s body to him, and brings her home. First to the Normandy where he shuts the whole crew out, then to the apartment they had shared. Dr. Chakwas leaps up, having finally found the poison that was killing Shepard, and stops in her tracks at the sight of Garrus holding his fiancée in his arms, his face a stone mask. Chakwas does an examination, and confirms Shepard’s death. Then she quietly leaves, allowing Garrus some privacy in his grief.
Shepard floats, and remembers floating, until she finally becomes aware that she is dead. The Illusive Man appears to her, commenting that “one of these times (death) is going to stick.” The two talk briefly about death and this strange, floating place Shepard keeps finding herself in. Before leaving, The Illusive man tells her she has a choice to make: “Is Vakarian at your wake, or is he keeping watch?”
Garrus speaks to Shepard’s body, telling her that he doesn’t want her to go. But he doesn’t want to hold her back. So if she was lingering on and wanted to leave, go with his love.
Shepard opens her eyes, having made her choice.
=== Title Meaning ===
"All she knew was the floating, the feeling of being adrift in eternity, unmoored and unanchored and unravelled." Unravelled, in this case, appears to be the divorce of Shepard's spirit from her body, feeling un-whole.
=== Easter Eggs ===
Shepard is likely feeling stiff due to the effects of the early stages of rigor mortis.
==== Discord Highlights ====
Adorably awkward MShenko, Garrus infiltrating non-Mass Effect Discord servers, and serious discussion about just how much of a troll istie is.