User blog comment:The Milkman/Mass Effect in Retrospect/@comment-173.189.226.12-20130418023302/@comment-24174486-20130418030329

Garrus has a boastful, "sidekick" nature to his friendship with Shepard, especially in ME2 and ME3. Just look at his dialogue after he gets treated for his acute case of missile-to-the-face.