Our worlds burned, Saren. [ Teeth flash and Nihlus' neck curls in an angry arch as he snarls. ] Thessia, Sur'Kesh, Palaven- ALL the known worlds. Regardless of what you THOUGHT you were doing, Sovereign's will- the will of ALL the Reapers- has always been eradication.
[ And just how much of Sovereign was still influencing Saren?
It's an interesting question. This close and Nihlus isn't dead. The AI had thought him enough of a threat to destroy him on sight before: here was Saren's chance to do it again, served up on a silver platter. Any backup he had wouldn't have been able to stop his mentor in time.
But Nihlus is still here. Unhurt, despite the very blatant threat to remove all traces of Indoctrination.
There were, of course, a thousand other factors to take into account. The brainwashing made sleeper agents, after all and Saren might be lucid now, but there's no telling what was lying dormant in his systems.
His mentor aware and alive was a start, though.
Tilting his head, Nihlus' expression softens. He doesn't step back, a part of him still waiting to see if Saren was trying to buy his trust again-
But this... this seemed honest. ]
... If your people skills were even marginally better, you'd have found out about Shepard's presence on this planet long before this meeting. [ There's quiet amusement in his voice, almost lost under the exhaustion. ] Neither of us were being particularly secretive.
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[ And just how much of Sovereign was still influencing Saren?
It's an interesting question. This close and Nihlus isn't dead. The AI had thought him enough of a threat to destroy him on sight before: here was Saren's chance to do it again, served up on a silver platter. Any backup he had wouldn't have been able to stop his mentor in time.
But Nihlus is still here. Unhurt, despite the very blatant threat to remove all traces of Indoctrination.
There were, of course, a thousand other factors to take into account. The brainwashing made sleeper agents, after all and Saren might be lucid now, but there's no telling what was lying dormant in his systems.
His mentor aware and alive was a start, though.
Tilting his head, Nihlus' expression softens. He doesn't step back, a part of him still waiting to see if Saren was trying to buy his trust again-
But this... this seemed honest. ]
... If your people skills were even marginally better, you'd have found out about Shepard's presence on this planet long before this meeting. [ There's quiet amusement in his voice, almost lost under the exhaustion. ] Neither of us were being particularly secretive.