"Oh--yeah, I can help steady myself?" She hadn't considered the possibility of using her biotics to get out of this mess, but. She's never used her biotics to lift herself any further than a high jump before.

"I mean, I--Did you say you're Commander Shepard?" There's a pause, because who hasn't heard of Commander Shepard, and then: "Didn't you drive a Mako through a Mass Effect gate?" Which is, as far as Ryder is concerned, the important part. "Did your chief engineer have a heart attack, because mine is always having a conniption whenever my Nomad gets stuck at, like, the bottom of a ravine or whatever."