[ and that just. gets a brow raised. this is major alenko totally not believing a word of that, noah. ]

Uh-huh. I'm sure. You know it doesn't count if no one sees it, right? [ he shakes his head, leaning back against the bench. he doesn't mention the dark circles even if they immediately shoot down noah's protest, even if they stand out like nothing else, because there's just some things you don't bring up so casually and he respects shepard more than that. ] So what brings you out here? Since it's not the scenery.