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Harkin: Hey there, sweetheart. You looking for some fun? 'Cause I gotta say that soldier getup looks real good on that bod of yours.
Harkin: Why don't you sit your sweet little *** down beside old Harkin? Have a drink and we'll see where this goes.
Shepard: I'd rather drink a cup of acid after chewing on a razor blade.
Harkin: You trying to hurt my feelings? You gotta do better than that. After twenty years with C-Sec, I've been called every name in the book, princess.
Shepard: Call me princess again and you'll be picking your teeth up off the floor. Now tell me where Garrus is!
Harkin: Okay, okay. Just relax. Garrus, you say? Heh. You must be one of Anderson's crew. Poor ***'s still trying to bring Saren down, eh?
Harkin: I know where Garrus is. But you gotta tell me something first. Did the captain let you in on his big secret?
Shepard: Is there something I should know about the captain?
Harkin: The captain used to be a Spectre. Didn't know that, did you? It was all very hush-hush. The first human ever given that honor. And then he blew it.
Harkin: Screwed up his mission so bad they kicked him out. Of course, he blames Saren. Says the turian set him up.
Shepard: Why'd they kick him out?
Harkin: Have to ask him. I never heard any of the details. Bet it's a good story, though. The hero's fall. Classic tragedy. Ha!
Shepard: Why should I believe a drunk like you?
Harkin: Fine. Ask Anderson. I bet he tells you. He's too stupid and proud to lie right to your face.
Shepard: You said they covered all this up. How did you hear about it?
Harkin: I spent twenty years working cases here on the Citadel. People on this station love to talk.
Secrets are like ***. If you got 'em you might as well spread 'em around.
Shepard: You're a pig.
Harkin: Just noticed that now, did you?
Shepard: Just tell me where Garrus went.
Harkin: Garrus was sniffing around Dr. Michel's office. She runs the med clinic on the other side of the wards. Last I heard, he was going back there.
Shepard: What do you know about Garrus?
Harkin: Damn hothead is what he is. Still figures he can save the world. Always bucking heads with the executor.
Harkin: He'll pay for it soon enough. The executor loves to put us lowly field agents in our place. Just look at what happened to me.
Shepard: How well do you know Captain Anderson?
Harkin: Met him a few times over the years. One of those hard-core military guys. Yes, sir! No, sir! Can't have any fun with a stick up your ***, sir!
Harkin: That's probably why he climbed the Alliance ranks so fast. The military loves brown-nosers.
Shepard: The captain's a good soldier.
Harkin: Sure. Whatever. Dress him up in a fancy suit, pin some shiny medals on his chest, and call him a hero. Everybody else does.
Harkin: But if he's so great, why'd the Spectres kick him out? Why don't you go ask him about that?
Shepard: What's it like working for C-Sec?
Harkin: You mean what was it like. The executor suspended me without pay -- recurring violations. C-Sec was keeping a file on me. Can you believe that?
Harkin: Every mistake I ever made went into the books. Get a little rough with a suspect, note in the file. Have a couple of drinks on duty, note in the file.
Harkin: Skim a couple credits off a drug-bust, note in the file. It's a *** witch hunt.
Shepard: You got off easy, if you ask me.
Harkin: What the hell do you know? Working for C-Sec isn't like being a marine. People get pissed off if we shoot somebody. Investigations, inquiries, rules, regulations.
Harkin: Every day I plow through enough red tape to choke a rhino. That's how you gotta be to do this job. So don't talk to me about right and wrong. You soldiers got it easy.
Shepard: You need to look in a mirror. Sober up and take some responsibility for yourself!
Harkin: Save your sermons. This ain't no church.
Shepard: I'm out of here.
Harkin: Yeah. Good. Go. Let me drink in peace.