Droid. [Droid? She hasn't heard that term outside of vids that were trying to dodge a trademark dispute, and those not for... long enough that it's getting depressing.] You mean, like a mech?

[But it's encouraging, honestly. Nobody talks about the galaxy at large with such a casual tone unless they've actually gone out into it. He's a spacer, of some variety, and that puts her at ease better than anything else. A familiar frame of reference was as good as a shared language, in some ways.]

Think about it, for a minute; they didn't even bring your pants along with you. If your little mech was with you when they took you, it's probably still back wherever you came from.

[It's a blunt, almost unkind way of putting it, but it's also the truth. Shepard rarely finds a need to lie.]