[It's really only because of Rinzler's excellent encryption skills that Saren's clarifying.]

I was shown a future where machines and organic life worked in tandem, as part of a union. Organic life evolved to fit this future. I was...changed, to demonstrate it. I allowed it, as I thought it was the best means of survival.

[That changed, after Shepard offered him hope.]

Now, then: do you investigate the threat of all arrivals? Have you reached a consensus on mine?