This guy Taneleer Tivan--he also goes by the Collector, which is truly unfortunate--hired both of us to steal an artifact from a remote planet sometime ago. He must have thought one of us would just run off with the thing so he hired us both to keep us straight. We sort of hit it off, and...

[ She shrugs. ]

The rest is history.

[ So, hey, that elevator ride? Finally coming to a long, excruciating end. But Kasumi's glad for running into Garrus, so she doesn't make any indication of pulling a disappearing act as the doors (slowly) open. ]

You have time for a drink or two, Garrus? We have quite a bit to catch up on, as you've noticed.