I'm used to loss, I come from war. [ He sounds a little cold reciting that, but not defensive. It's true. Severus had been angry, not sad, and that remains. He takes his comms device back, still giving her a critical look. ]
Did you work with a woman who was very good at coding?
[ There's not a lot Severus can ask to try and compare answers; his grasp on what muggle military lifestyles are like is nebulous at best, and most details are broad enough that he doesn't think it'd be worth trying to match up. He remembers 'Tali', the name of the woman who was here and gone, whose encryptions Shepard had given him (which no longer work thanks to the network reset, ffffffuuu). ]
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Did you work with a woman who was very good at coding?
[ There's not a lot Severus can ask to try and compare answers; his grasp on what muggle military lifestyles are like is nebulous at best, and most details are broad enough that he doesn't think it'd be worth trying to match up. He remembers 'Tali', the name of the woman who was here and gone, whose encryptions Shepard had given him (which no longer work thanks to the network reset, ffffffuuu). ]