The Colony of Horizon, Friday Evening

Kaidan'd figured that the Alliance would be eager to put him out on a mission again as soon as he'd recovered. But this quick? Yeah - that meant they were starting to get serious about these rumors about Cerberus... and Shepard.

Kaidan still wasn't sure whether to start fostering some hope. What if Shepard was alive? That'd... that'd raise way too many questions. And the part about Cerberus... that, he wasn't even going to contemplate.

Unfortunately, three days spent trying to get very large defense towers working didn't offer as much distraction from his thoughts as he might have hoped. Especially not since everybody around here seemed to hate his guts-- because he was Alliance on a far-away colony world. They didn't like to be reminded there was a human authority anywhere who had something to say about the way things were run.

Which would explain why Kaidan was having a hard time waiting for the portal to come in. He needed a distraction - preferably one involving people who actually liked him.

[[ for those who know who they are. ]]