[ the most shocking part of that - aside from the battle axe being slammed down, which very nearly makes Tali pull the trigger - is that it sounds so... real. AI might have complex thoughts, but they don't have emotions; there's nothing in them to simulate feelings or personality, no programming in them that tells them how, no reason for them to even desire such a thing. the geth wanted purpose, wanted to know the reason for their existence, but a soul? is going on here? surely humans couldn't have made something so-- wait, did the AI say 2013? ]

Okay. Either your programming is way off, or whatever is going on here is even weirder than I thought. [ and finding herself on an old shuttle in a colony with no communications and no idea how or when she got here is already really weird. ] Your tech must be up to date if your translator can understand me, but for your contextual knowledge to be that out...

[ she shakes her head and adjusts her pistol. ] It's 2185. Humans made their - what do they call it, First Contact? It was a while ago.