#tldr feel free to ignore the omni-tool reference altogether

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She thinks she’s alive. Didn’t... expect to be. Still expects it to  not be over,  expects a fight. First instinct is to reach for her pistol, but she barely manages to make her hand twitch; it wouldn’t be on her, she supposes, anyway. Her omni-tool is non-responsive. Figures... Slowly, she gains better awareness of herself: nothing feels broken, but everything hurts nevertheless; trying to move makes her groan in pain. The remainders of her armour feel heavy on her torso and limbs.

There’s someone... Wren tries to force her eyes to focus, blinks slowly, fails at attempting to sit up.

It nearly fails to register that Ms Shepard is meant to be her. It’s the miss that sounds alien, unfamiliar.

Her instinct tells her something is  wrong,  but she’s too out of it to put two and two together.    ❝ Did it work? ❞    she croaks, as she processes the stranger’s words. Did she do it? Is it over? How many casualties? Her friends... did they survive?    ❝ The Crucible... ❞  She trails off. Ms Shepard. Connor. Remember how you got... A civilian? Where is she? This... isn’t the Citadel. Maybe the blast... But this isn’t Earth, either. Maybe she’s missed time. Someone must have moved her. But... It doesn’t make any sense.

❝ I’m fine, ❞    she tries to reassure, but her head’s swimming, pounding, and she can’t sit up, as she tries, again.    ❝ A concussion, I think, do you... Sorry, do you know... what happened? ❞    She means with the Reapers. She means with the  war.  He... A human civilian?    ❝ Where am I? ❞    Because this is not the Citadel, this is not Earth... is it? It couldn’t possibly be; it’s too silent. Too calm. Something about that scares her in ways she cannot wrap her head around.

#detectiveconnor #i should explain the omni-tool part- #connor wouldn't notice her doing anything #i don't think canon actually specifies how exactly those function #but it's a holographic device people use for various things and wren also as a weapon/defense both because she has tech skills #but i figure it's powered by a wrist implant #and since it's dead #all anyone in connor's world would see is a random implant inside her wrist #nothing to suggest it's there on the surface of the skin #pretty sure her model was just worked by her nervous system #no physical movement needed #tldr feel free to ignore the omni-tool reference altogether #i just had to put it in there because she would try to equip it #i am excited ingrid #; the winter pretends it's mild and holds her ❪ verse / crossover. ❫ #; detectiveconnor / 001 #injury cw #q.