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'''Shepard:''' I think you're taking the Human-Machine interface a little far.\\

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'''Shepard:''' I think you're taking the Human-Machine human-machine interface a little far.\\



** Might be HarsherInHindsight when you find out from Mordin that the salarians actually did enhance the Genophage to counter krogan adaptation to it - to maintain the level of infertility rather than to make them even more infertile, but that's not likely much of a distinction from a krogan perspective.
** If Mordin's with you at the time, he says "Salarians created Genophage... [[OrSoIHeard I've heard]]. Still trust them with medicines and agriculture?"

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** Might be HarsherInHindsight when you find out from Mordin that the salarians actually did enhance the Genophage genophage to counter krogan adaptation to it - to maintain the level of infertility rather than to make them even more infertile, but that's not likely much of a distinction from a krogan perspective.
** If Mordin's with you at the time, he says "Salarians created Genophage...genophage... [[OrSoIHeard I've heard]]. Still trust them with medicines and agriculture?"



** Hell, the vendor in Rodam's ridiculous over-enthusiasm, what with hiding behind his desk and holding an imaginary gun like a ten year old playing soldiers. (Mind you, how enthusiastic he is towards you--and by extension, whether he's funny or not--depends on whether you made relations between humans and aliens better or worse in the last game. If they're worse, he's just rude to you.)

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** Hell, the vendor in Rodam's ridiculous over-enthusiasm, what with hiding behind his desk and holding an imaginary gun like a ten year old ten-year-old playing soldiers. (Mind you, how enthusiastic he is towards you--and by extension, whether he's funny or not--depends on whether you made relations between humans and aliens better or worse in the last game. If they're worse, he's just rude to you.)



* During the Overlord DLC, if you attack a cow on the planet with the Hammerhead, the vehicle's VI says this.

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* During the Overlord ''Overlord'' DLC, if you attack a cow on the planet with the Hammerhead, the vehicle's VI says this.



* Another gem from the Overlord DLC comes when you get to the end of Vulcan station. You find a lone VI-controlled [[MechaMook LOKI mech]] trying to break the override control. It spots you and, at first, holds up its hands like it's trying to surrender. Shepard motions with their hand and your squadmates shoot off its left arm. The mech looks at it, then raises the pistol in its other hand only for that arm to get blown off as well, prompting the VI to stop controlling it. The dazed mech will glance around, then run off. Gets funnier when you notice it hasn't left the room you're in and it stands next to Shepard who takes out their pistol. Then a Renegade Interrupt prompt appears. [[BoomHeadshot One guess as to what the interrupt is.]]

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* Another gem from the Overlord ''Overlord'' DLC comes when you get to the end of Vulcan station. You find a lone VI-controlled [[MechaMook LOKI mech]] trying to break the override control. It spots you and, at first, holds up its hands like it's trying to surrender. Shepard motions with their hand and your squadmates shoot off its left arm. The mech looks at it, then raises the pistol in its other hand only for that arm to get blown off as well, prompting the VI to stop controlling it. The dazed mech will glance around, then run off. Gets funnier when you notice it hasn't left the room you're in and it stands next to Shepard who takes out their pistol. Then a Renegade Interrupt prompt appears. [[BoomHeadshot One guess as to what the interrupt is.]]



* More Overlord DLC humor in the form of 'research logs' on the Prometheus station, where a [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] Cerberus researcher comments about one Lanigan's antics about scaring the other researchers with the possibility of the Geth reviving.

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* More Overlord ''Overlord'' DLC humor in the form of 'research logs' "research logs" on the Prometheus station, where a [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] Cerberus researcher comments about one Lanigan's antics about scaring the other researchers with the possibility of the Geth reviving.



* Overlord is full of dark humor. Such as the InterfaceScrew with the door lock icons. You approach one door with a red icon, and the "Bypass Door" tooltip. The door opens automatically when you approach. Another set of doors are next to each other. Try to open the green door, and the red one next to it opens instead. Yet another set of three doors all close at the same time, randomly changing the color of their icons and making sounds like a ''spinning slot machine'' before opening the door on the left. Finally, one last door, when you try to open it, instead has the icon ''slowly'' slide along the wall to another door before opening ''that'' one.
* And from the Paragon run of Overlord, when Gavin gives the initial briefing on the crisis:

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* Overlord ''Overlord'' is full of dark humor. Such humor, such as the InterfaceScrew with the door lock icons. You approach one door with a red icon, and the "Bypass Door" tooltip. The door opens automatically when you approach. Another set of doors are next to each other. Try to open the green door, and the red one next to it opens instead. Yet another set of three doors all close at the same time, randomly changing the color of their icons and making sounds like a ''spinning slot machine'' before opening the door on the left. Finally, one last door, when you try to open it, instead has the icon ''slowly'' slide along the wall to another door before opening ''that'' one.
* And from the Paragon run of Overlord, ''Overlord'', when Gavin gives the initial briefing on the crisis:



* If you tell Mordin that you're "not interested" in Miranda when he gives you the birds and the bees talk nets you this gem:

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* If you tell Telling Mordin that you're "not interested" in Miranda when he gives you the birds and the bees talk nets you this gem:



* In 'Lair of the Shadow Broker' DLC, ''any'' of the [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple banter between Shepard and Liara]]. Especially during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syk4uMKMJGk car chase]]:

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* In 'Lair the ''Lair of the Shadow Broker' Broker'' DLC, ''any'' of the [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple banter between Shepard and Liara]]. Especially during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syk4uMKMJGk car chase]]:



--->'''*On Garrus*:''' Yes, you came back, [[DoubleEntendre and now Garrus is doing a lot more than just calibrating the Normandy�s guns]]!\\

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--->'''*On Garrus*:''' Yes, you came back, [[DoubleEntendre and now Garrus is doing a lot more than just calibrating the Normandy�s Normandy's guns]]!\\



* You can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHomhkEgR9w&feature=related challenge a krogan]] during Samara's loyalty mission, then have a staredown until ''he'' backs down.

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* You can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHomhkEgR9w&feature=related challenge a krogan]] during Samara's loyalty mission, then have a staredown stare-down until ''he'' backs down.



** Shepard can comment on the Krogans experimenting on humans by saying that this is what made Cerberus look like the better option. If Miranda is in your squad, she'll chime in.

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** Shepard can comment on the Krogans krogan experimenting on humans by saying that this is what made Cerberus look like the better option. If Miranda is in your squad, she'll chime in.



** It can be even funnier because sometimes the way the game loads {{NPC}}s will result in a single random Turian standing in the street looking over at Shepard while Shepard screams nonsense.

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** It can be even funnier because sometimes the way the game loads {{NPC}}s will result in a single random Turian turian standing in the street looking over at Shepard while Shepard screams nonsense.



* Lantar Sidonis's attempts to atone for the betrayal he had done to Garrus's crew on Omega. He turns himself in to C-SEC for his crimes... but due to the anarchic nature of Omega, there's no means to extradite him back, and no law authority on Omega to punish him anyway. C-SEC doesn't know what to do with him as a result, since the crime he confessed to didn't happen in their jurisdiction.

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* Lantar Sidonis's Sidonis' attempts to atone for the betrayal he had done to Garrus's crew on Omega. He turns himself in to C-SEC C-Sec for his crimes... but due to the anarchic nature of Omega, there's no means to extradite him back, and no law authority on Omega to punish him anyway. C-SEC C-Sec doesn't know what to do with him as a result, since the crime he confessed to didn't happen in their jurisdiction.



* According to the Shadow Broker Dossier on Garrus, his visor can play music. The five tracks listed are the turian Imperial anthem, a track from the turian/quarian romance movie ''Fleet and Flotilla'' which is cute if you ''didn't'' romance him, as he gets together with Tali instead, two dance-club mixes and [[DoubleEntendre "Blue Azure"]], a track from ''Vaenia''.
* Near the beginning of Miranda's loyalty mission, an Eclipse merc approaches Shepard and co., stating that he's been told to give them one chance to just walk away. He then points out that, throughout their conversastion, his men have been lining up shots, and are ready to "unleash hell" on them if they don't back down. This prompts a Renegade interrupt that has Shepard effortlessly taking the guy down, while Miranda and your third squad member gun down the guy next to him. ''Then'', Miranda shoots down a large fuel tank that's being carried above them, which proceeds to fall and explode, taking out two more mercs. What really sells the scene is when it focuses on the single remaining salarian, and the [[OhCrap look of sheer horror and disbelief on his face]] that pretty much screams that he just crapped himself.
* You can get a space hamster for Shepard's cabin. It looks like... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's a hamster. In space.]] And if you try to interact with it, it comes out of its house and squeaks at you. No, not as in regular hamster squeaking - it ''literally comes out [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud and says "squeak"]]'' at you.

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* According to the Shadow Broker Dossier dossier on Garrus, his visor can play music. The five tracks listed are the turian Imperial anthem, a track from the turian/quarian romance movie ''Fleet and Flotilla'' which is cute if you ''didn't'' romance him, as he gets together with Tali instead, two dance-club mixes and [[DoubleEntendre "Blue Azure"]], a track from ''Vaenia''.
* Near the beginning of Miranda's loyalty mission, an Eclipse merc approaches Shepard and co., stating that he's been told to give them one chance to just walk away. He then points out that, throughout their conversastion, conversation, his men have been lining up shots, and are ready to "unleash hell" on them if they don't back down. This prompts a Renegade interrupt that has Shepard effortlessly taking the guy down, while Miranda and your third squad member gun down the guy next to him. ''Then'', Miranda shoots down a large fuel tank that's being carried above them, which proceeds to fall and explode, taking out two more mercs. What really sells the scene is when it focuses on the single remaining salarian, and the [[OhCrap look of sheer horror and disbelief on his face]] that pretty much screams that he just crapped himself.
* You can get a space hamster for Shepard's cabin. It looks like... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's a hamster. In space.]] And if you try to interact with it, it comes out of its house and squeaks at you. No, not as in regular hamster squeaking - it ''literally comes out [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud and says "squeak"]]'' at you.



* Following Tali's trial if you win without exposing her father she has this to say:

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* Following Tali's trial trial, if you win without exposing her father father, she has this to say:
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* Seeing Harkin getting [[GroinAttack kneed in the crotch]] by Garrus, and, if you ignore the Paragon quicktime event, Garrus shooting him in the kneecap.

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* Seeing Harkin getting [[GroinAttack kneed in the crotch]] by Garrus, and, if you ignore the Paragon quicktime event, interrupt, Garrus shooting him in the kneecap.



** And even if the Paragon interrupt event is taken, Garrus will headbutt Harkin before telling Shepard;

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** And even if the Paragon interrupt event is taken, Garrus will headbutt Harkin before telling Shepard;



'''Tali:''' ''([[FacePalm facepalming]])'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Ohhh, here we go...]]

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'''Tali:''' ''([[FacePalm facepalming]])'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Ohhh, here we go...]]



-->'''Joker:''' So if she claiming to be the "vanguard of our destruction", I call shotgun on the first life boat.
* In the first game there was a turian shopkeeper continually fending off a human customer who wanted a refund. Upon your return to the Citadel you overhear a salarian and a human talking--a human that turns out to be the same one, ''still'' trying to get a refund or a replacement from the same turian. ''Two years later.''

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-->'''Joker:''' So if she claiming to be the "vanguard of our destruction", I call shotgun on the first life boat.
lifeboat.
* In the first game game, there was a turian shopkeeper continually fending off a human customer who wanted a refund. Upon your return to the Citadel Citadel, you overhear a salarian and a human talking--a human that turns out to be the same one, ''still'' trying to get a refund or a replacement from the same turian. ''Two years later.''



** Jack's reaction is even funnier in the french version, as she says : "Puberty ? Grunt got his peepee hard ?"

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** Jack's reaction is even funnier in the french French version, as she says : "Puberty ? says: "Puberty? Grunt got his peepee hard ?"hard?"

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** She warns Shepard not to eat or drink anything meant for turians and quarians. She uses as a reference point the time she witnessed a krogan drink a liquefied turian on a dare six or seven centuries back.

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** She warns Shepard not to eat or drink anything meant for turians and quarians. She uses quarians, using as a reference point the time she witnessed a krogan drink a liquefied turian on a dare six or seven centuries back.



''(After getting an earful of [[TheImmodestOrgasm a rather gratuitous]] porn video)'': "Ah, sorry, that was supposed to go to my earpiece."

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''(After getting an earful of [[TheImmodestOrgasm a rather gratuitous]] porn video)'': "Ah, "Oops, sorry, that was supposed to go to my earpiece."



--> '''Shepard:''' ''(cheerfully]'' That had to hurt.
** And even if the Paragon quicktime event is taken, Garrus will headbutt Harkin before telling Shepard;

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--> '''Shepard:''' ''(cheerfully]'' ''(cheerfully)'' That had to hurt.
** And even if the Paragon quicktime interrupt event is taken, Garrus will headbutt Harkin before telling Shepard;



** When Niftu introduces himself and you have Legion in your party, Shepard looks to Legion. Legion ''shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head''. 1,183 programs running in it and they all basically say "We're just as confused as you are".

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** When Niftu introduces himself and you have Legion in your party, Shepard looks to Legion. Legion ''shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head''. 1,183 programs running in it and they all basically say "We're just as confused as you are".are."


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** Choosing the first Paragon option when talking to him.
--->'''Shepard:''' You need help.
--->'''Niftu Cal:''' ''(Pointing)'' [[NoYou YOU need help]]!
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** Even better is his response to female Shepard's proposition: He slightly misunderstands at first, then understands perfectly and is completely blindsided by her brazenness.

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** Even better is his response to female Shepard's proposition: He slightly misunderstands at first, then understands perfectly it hits him and he is completely blindsided by her brazenness.



** And if you decide to have yet another drink (which is ''[[GargleBlaster radioactive liquor]]'' meant to be consumed by ''[[MadeOfIron Krogan]]'', [[MadeOfIron no less]]):

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** And if you decide to have yet another drink (which is ''[[GargleBlaster radioactive liquor]]'' meant to be consumed by ''[[MadeOfIron Krogan]]'', krogan]]'', [[MadeOfIron no less]]):



** An ad for Asari burial robes starts out: "Shepard, you've recently ''[[https://youtu.be/UniqFEMls8M?t=183 been dead...]]''" The best part is she actually sounds slightly shocked that you didn't have one of her robes the first time.

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** An ad for Asari asari burial robes starts out: "Shepard, you've recently ''[[https://youtu.be/UniqFEMls8M?t=183 been dead...]]''" The best part is she actually sounds slightly shocked that you didn't have one of her robes the first time.



* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GnbubpRyGw asari and her krogan boyfriend]]. Charr in an otherwise forgettable sidequest on Illium. As if a krogan spouting greeting-card love poetry wasn't funny enough, we get this exchange with the asari. (Bonus points if you're remaining faithful to your own asari companion. Which is even more HilariousInHindsight when you find out that said asari companion is the daughter of an asari/krogan offspring.)

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* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GnbubpRyGw asari and her krogan boyfriend]]. boyfriend]] Charr in an otherwise forgettable sidequest on Illium. As if a krogan spouting greeting-card love poetry wasn't funny enough, we get this exchange with the asari. (Bonus points if you're remaining faithful to your own asari companion. Which is even more HilariousInHindsight when you find out that said asari companion is the daughter of an asari/krogan offspring.)
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NNiObnhF4o With Miranda]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlEOFSbhuRY (as well as Jacob)]], he cautions you to be wary of bugs - they can be planted ''anywhere''. And he offers to give you an exam afterwards.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NNiObnhF4o With Miranda]]. Miranda]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlEOFSbhuRY (as well as Jacob)]], he cautions you to be wary of bugs - they can be planted ''anywhere''. And he offers to give you an exam afterwards.
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*** In a similar vein, "I!..AM!..weak."

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*** In a similar vein, "I!..AM!.. AM!.. weak."



** It's also even funnier for certain players, if you talk to EDI in the observation decks, Shepard will tell her that the windows on the Normandy are a weak-point.

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** It's also even funnier for certain players, if you talk to EDI in the observation decks, Shepard will tell her that the windows on the Normandy are a weak-point.weak point.



'''Garrus:''' [[ShuttingUpNow Mmmmaybe we'll talk later]].

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'''Garrus:''' [[ShuttingUpNow Mmmmaybe M-Maybe we'll talk later]].



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NNiObnhF4o With Miranda]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlEOFSbhuRY (as well as Jacob)]] , he cautions you to be wary of bugs - they can be planted ''anywhere''. And he offers to give you an exam afterwards.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NNiObnhF4o With Miranda]] Miranda]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlEOFSbhuRY (as well as Jacob)]] , Jacob)]], he cautions you to be wary of bugs - they can be planted ''anywhere''. And he offers to give you an exam afterwards.



** With any one of these, Shepard can ask if Mordin's merely pulling his leg, only for Mordin to defend that his advice was genuine and purely medical with no intention to poke fun. What makes this especially funny is [[NotSoAboveItAll he has a sly grin as he argues for himself]].

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** With any one of these, Shepard can ask if Mordin's merely pulling his their leg, only for Mordin to defend that his advice was genuine and purely medical with no intention to poke fun. What makes this especially funny is [[NotSoAboveItAll he has a sly grin as he argues for himself]].



** If Shepard isn't involved with someone (or hasn't progressed far enough with the RomanceSidequest), [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Fwa-OQ1ao Mordin's speech goes from giving advice to an awkward conversation about having to let Shepard down easy. Either sex.]]

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** If Shepard isn't involved with someone (or or hasn't progressed far enough with the RomanceSidequest), RomanceSidequest, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Fwa-OQ1ao Mordin's speech goes from giving advice to an awkward conversation about having to let Shepard down easy. Either sex.]]



'''Commander Shepard:''' You've had members of another species make a pass at you?\\

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'''Commander Shepard:''' '''Shepard:''' You've had members of another species make a pass at you?\\
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** Or the video clip of her getting kicked in the shin by a volus on your second visit.
** The most striking video clip is something nobody saw coming. Despite her obvious pro-human/xenophobic stance on everything in life [[{{Hypocrite}} she's shown having a brief make-out session with an asari]].

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** *** Or the video clip of her getting kicked in the shin by a volus on your second visit.
** *** The most striking video clip is something nobody saw coming. Despite her obvious pro-human/xenophobic stance on everything in life [[{{Hypocrite}} she's shown having a brief make-out session with an asari]].
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'''Jack:''' That's what the hanar call it when you crash a space station into their moon to make a new crater. *{{Beat}}* They ''really'' liked that moon.\\

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'''Jack:''' That's what the hanar call it when you [[ColonyDrop crash a space station into their moon moon]] to make a new crater. *{{Beat}}* They ''really'' liked that moon.\\
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** Jack's reaction is even funnier in the french version, as she says "Puberty ? Grunt got peepee hard ?"

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** Jack's reaction is even funnier in the french version, as she says : "Puberty ? Grunt got his peepee hard ?"
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIAaVqqO75U (About Tali)]] "Tali'Zorah acquired antiseptic. Recommend you self-sterilize as well. Oral contact dangerous. Take precautions."

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIAaVqqO75U com/watch?v=zrZu3BsnaYw (About Tali)]] "Tali'Zorah acquired antiseptic. Recommend you self-sterilize as well. Oral contact dangerous. Take precautions."
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6RayAQfMqY With Jack]], he cautions that Shepard might get injured by her during sex, and suggests using biotic inhibitors (and padding the walls).

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6RayAQfMqY With Jack]], he cautions that Shepard might get injured by her during sex, and suggests using biotic inhibitors (and ([[DestructoNookie and padding the walls).walls]]).

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