Oddly happy but embarrassed

“I feel… confused,” Jane whispered as she allowed Miranda to hold her, resting her head on her shoulder. “My mom… she grieved my father when he died in service. For a long time. She didn’t really talk to anyone. I guess I just never knew that she liked women. Let alone Dr Chakwas.”

“Does it change anything?” Miranda asked.

“No,” Jane said. “I kind of feel… happy for her. Disturbed at the sight I saw. But happy. If anyone deserves my mom, it’s Karin.”

Miranda nodded. “Shepard… I don’t mean to uh stir up thoughts up. But it seemed to me that this has gone on for… a long time… and I mean pre-war.”

“Wait… so you’re saying… this entire time… like even before I died the first time?” Jane said. “No… that can’t be right… but why… why didn’t Karin tell me? Surely it would have come up?”

“She might have been waiting for your mom to tell you,” Miranda said. “But also there wasn’t really a time to tell you. It’s not exactly something you can say in an email, let alone under Cerberus surveillance. And perhaps she was going go tell you… before you were spaced. But then you died and she was grieving and well… things happen.”

“Shit…” Jane said. “Still… there were better ways to find out than finding my mom scissoring my doctor in a hot tub.”

Miranda laughed. “I’m sorry, but you have to admit. That was kind of hot. I mean now I know where your uh talents and assets came from.”

Jane sighed burying her face into Miranda’s chest. Miranda kissed Jane’s forehead. “Dear God, how do I erase it from my brain?” Jane groaned.

“We can always try lobotomy,” Miranda teased.

“Haha…” Jane said.

She gazed up at Miranda. Miranda used the opportunity to kiss Jane on the lips. “It’ll be alright. Just be glad you didn’t accidentally stumble on your sister’s… private tapings while covertly spying on her,” Miranda whispered.

Jane slowly looked up. “Miranda you didn’t…”

“I’m fairly certain it was EDI’s error,” Miranda said. “But I was sifting through files on Ori when Cerberus was surveilling her. One of the videos was a bit more… intimate than I realized. Her and a toy that she recorded using her omni device. She had deleted it, but she didn’t clear it from the eDatabase.”

“Damn,” Jane said. “Well at least you suffered with me.”

Miranda smiled and kissed Jane again. “Maybe I can continue to distract you…”

Jane moaned. “I was rudely interrupted earlier…”

Miranda smirked. “Then let’s pick up where we left off.”