Fourth Consensus Redux (Video)

[forwearemany]

(As always, to those unfamiliar with them, Legion will seem calm. To those who know them well enough, however, the flashing lights and fluttering headflaps tell a different story.)

Shepard-Commander is gone.

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[didntknowbest]

...Would it be alright if I asked... I was curious before, but I suppose it never really came up. I do not think you have told me, and... I suppose now seems as good a time as any.

How did you know Miss Shepard?

[Toriel just... she doesn't know. Doesn't want to just end the conversation and be alone just yet. Wants to hear more about Jane. Is just kind of curious.]

[forwearemany]

Affirmative.

(A pause. Their frantic and continuous movements settle a bit.)

Has Shepard Commander informed you of the war with the Old Machines?

(Might as well establish what she knows. It will make explaining easier.)

[didntknowbest]

No. We never really... talked about wars or her work as a soldier terribly often. It is not really a topic that I appreciate hearing about. The most I have heard is about her conflicts against the Reapers.

[Not so many shades of grey to worry about, when the enemy is an incomprehensible force of building sized ships bent on exterminating all life.]

[forwearemany]

"Reapers" is an organic term, arising from superstition. We understand this: they are immense, ancient, powerful, and beyond comprehension. However, Old Machines remains a more accurate term.

(And also Legion just doesn't want to speak of them in terms that imply any sort of respect or fear of them.)

[didntknowbest]

Oh.

Then yes, I have heard about them.

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.

Shepard-Commander defeated the Old Machine Nazara. This was unexpected: our calculations indicated that she would not succeed at this quest.

True Geth oppose Old Machines: We wished to learn what made this possible.

This platform was created to gather data related to Shepard-Commander. We "retraced her steps" until evidence of her death was encountered, and we were assigned the mission of monitoring Heretic activities. Later, we encountered her alive inside of a derelict Reaper despite evidence of her death. Despite protests from multiple crew members, she allowed us to join the Normandy crew.

(A brief pause, and then.)

Previously, we mentioned that a Human had assisted us in saving our people. That Human is Shepard-Commander. When the Creators attacked us, she intervened.

[didntknowbest]

[There's... a fair bit of that she doesn't quite get. But she thinks she gets the gist of it, at least.]

That certainly does sound like Jane. I suppose it isn't terribly surprising that she worked so hard to help you and your people.

[forwearemany]

Yes. Though we now understand this, her initial decision to accept us was ...unexpected.

[didntknowbest]

I was surprised by her compassion and kindness as well. It is not really something I would have expected from someone in her line of work.

[forwearemany]

Though Shepard-Commander's position in the Alliance military is combat oriented, outside of war, primary duties would have been acting as escorts, transporting important cargo, and defending colony worlds from attack.

War with the Old Machines was unanticipated.

Spectres have limited oversight. Tasks could be completed by whatever method she desired.

(It's not all fighting wars, Toriel.)