"You know me. Always looking on the bright side," Shepard deadpans. At the prospect of food, though, he noticeably perks up at the prospect of food, enough to let the comment about volleyballs slide. Food's still the fastest way to get on a biotic's good side, and even if Shepard hasn't exactly been burning up the calories on charges, his metabolism hasn't slowed down any.

He's already on the move, taking point comfortably even if it was Jacob's suggestion in the first place. It wasn't really like Shepard to let someone else lead, even when there weren't any hostile to take out in front of them.