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[dispenserofjustice]

 I noticed other new arrivals asking after their friends. While I could do that, my friends are generally difficult to miss. The Krogan ones especially.

The welcoming party and I had a bit of a go and that landed me nowhere. Sooo I figure maybe someone can help a poor guy out and show him where he can crash? Maybe even find something to eat that won't kill him?

That last one might be a little much to ask for.

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[dispenserofjustice]

[When put like that... Garrus was a cop. Once.]

How about we make it a team effort instead?

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[ On her end of the connection, she quirks a smile. ]

Sure. I'm Anderson. Got here not long before you.

[dispenserofjustice]

Anderson? There's a man that goes by that name back home. Good guy.

[It's a little hard not to respect Anderson. He's a man that likes to get things done.]

Garrus Vakarian here.

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Hope I can live up to it.

[ This Anderson isn't exactly known for her patience with the system, either. ]

Nice to meet you, Vakarian. What's our timetable? [ Now she's teasing, if only very slightly. Blink and you miss it. ]

[dispenserofjustice]

I don't know. Those are some pretty big... [He pauses, looking for the right word. Ugh, human idioms] shoes [Nailed it] to fill.

[If this Anderson wants to tease, Garrus can do so right back.]

Likewise. Hopefully this won't take but a day or two. I mean how hard can it be to find?

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[ The awkwardness of his delivery there raises the question again, and this time she can't resist, even if she goes about it a little roundabout. ] Are you implying you don't wear shoes?

Hopefully not very. Maybe we should start with the obvious. I need to go grocery shopping, anyway.

[ And thus they ended up grocery shopping together while jokingly pretending it was a mission ?? ]

[dispenserofjustice]

I think I know about four human idioms and I've already used two. Can't use up all my material on first meetings, right?

[Don't resist. It just makes it easier to go along with all of this new stuff being thrown at him.]

Ironic timing. Someone mentioned sending me directions to a store.

[Hey, there are worse ways to spend your afternoon.]

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[ She coughs on a laugh. Judges don't laugh, as a rule, but Anderson is not a very good Judge. (Ain't that the truth.) ] Okay... so you're not human, and you don't eat human food. I wondered. From a different planet, huh?

[ Congrats, Garrus is a lot nicer than any of the other sentients in her galaxy that humans have run across so far. Not that Anderson's interacted with any of them; that's expressly the territory of the Space Corps. None of them have made it to Earth, thankfully. She's more than a little curious since all she's heard is stories.

A little more openly sarcastic, ] Rendezvous at 1400?

[ There's definitely worse ways. ]

[dispenserofjustice]

[Anderson can be a "bad" Judge. She is in good company with Garrus.]

Yeah. A little obvious now, huh?

[He's not a great example of the Turian race though either. Garrus isn't all about following orders exactly as they are issued if it impedes him from doing his job.]

1400 sounds good. I'll be the big guy in blue.

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[ She's still trying to be a good Judge, at least for the time being. That's getting quite muddled while she's somewhere she has no legal authority. ]

Took me a second. Non-human sentients haven't reached Earth yet, so I've never met one.

Short blonde woman with a gun, [ she answers readily. ]

[dispenserofjustice]

Man... Remind me to tell you about how Humans and Turians first came into contact. Might give you a few ideas what not to do.

[Soooo many mistakes there. However, Garrus thinks he can manage to find a blonde woman with a gun.]

How short are we talking? I mean humans in general are kind of small things.

[Yes he is teasing again.]

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[ She won't lie, her interest peaks. ] I'd love to hear it. We're already in conflict with who we met, back home. [ It's not all-out war largely because it's just so damn far away. Space Corps mostly defends human colonization efforts.

In an openly dry tone, ] Practically microscopic. Don't worry, you'll see me. [ He's really getting her sense of humor out of her. ]

[dispenserofjustice]

Ha ha... Ha. Conflicts... Fun stuff.

[Looks like it is going just about as well as it did for them.]

Hopefully I'll see you. Could just as easily step on you.

do you want to stay in-thread or go to a log?

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[ Yup. Everything always goes so well in Dredd verse. ]

I can fend for myself. See you there, Vakerian.

whichever you prefer

[dispenserofjustice]

Good. I like working with capable people.

[wronganswer]

[ Thread here! And if I could trouble you to fill out her quick telepathy permissions, that would be awesome ]