Mass Effect 22010

[Dr. Chakwas shares a bottle of Serrice Ice Brandy with Commander Shepard and they both get drunk]

Doctor Chakwas:
[laughing] I thought Alenko's biotic display might've broken Jenkins' back, but Jenkins pops up and yells, "THAT WAS AWESOME!" Ah, Jenkins. Soldiers like him make the Alliance great! Cerberus lacks the same... enthusiasm.

Commander Shepard:
With your service record, you could've gotten a tour of duty on any Alliance ship. Why'd you really leave?

Doctor Chakwas:
Maybe it's less about leaving and more about staying. As a military doctor, I mostly treat people who are in bad shape. Often they die. And if I *can* help them, they move on. Either way, they leave.

Commander Shepard:
Don't you have any friends or family?

Doctor Chakwas:
No. Not lacking friendship, just stability. Jeff... Joker will always have Vrolik Syndrome. He would never admit it, but he needs my help. And he always will. I wish it weren't, but sadly, it's true.

Commander Shepard:
Treating Joker gives you a kind of stability.

Doctor Chakwas:
So does this ship, even if it's a copy. Or, hell, maybe it's you. Shepard, our immovable center. A place for a person to stop and catch her breath. Or maybe I'm just happily drunk. Would it hurt if it was simple like that for once?

Commander Shepard:
Here's to simply being happily drunk.

Doctor Chakwas:
I'll drink to that.