They could learn a thing or two about research ethics, too. [Shepard answers with her own half-joke, dry but still smiling. Touchy subject, maybe, but she'd seen Miranda grow - she'd like to remind her of that. At least of what she and another Miranda have gone through together.

Shepard reaches out to people. It's automatic. It's what she does. No one's taking that away, even if she has to push to keep it.]

It's a bit more than inconvenient, [she grunts as she tries to haul herself to her knees again. No luck. Better be careful or she'd be flopping like a fish.] I'll take losing a memory or two instead. Choking to death in freefall might've been a nice one... how long until this sorts itself out?

[Of course it'll sort itself out. She's Shepard. She doesn't stay down, right?]