Our acts of pre-emptive aggression are at their core self-preservation attempts. We have no desire to inflict harm without due cause.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Alpha-Program is correct. Unless you provide provocation, we will not harm you. Particularly during the lead-up to this particular holiday, which preaches peace. We are adding you to the Secret Santa registry.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?...T-th— the what?
And yet, it happens.
Everything is forgotten, in time. People die, those who remember them die... until all that remains of them, all that proves they were ever here — is their tomb.
There is nothing to be done about it. It is not worth worrying about. The only thing to be done is to focus on what can be changed.
UN JOUR JE SERAI DE RETOUR PRÈS DE TOI-Legion watches him go-
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He would have killed us, if we hadn't acted.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?We acted on the assumption that we could not count on outside assistance. Such judgement was misplaced under this specific circumstance, but to assume otherwise will increase rate of personal harm by a factor of 86.5%.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Creators are issued with multiple defences against synthetics. Some are able to hack control of our platforms. Others can discharge lethal volumes of electrical feedback. No quarian can ever be said to be disarmed.
-Looks to Junon-
The fault does not lie with you. We have not taken adequate precautions to prepare for organics that mean us harm.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Unnecessary. We are fully capable of self defence, and have all necessary training downloaded.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

Negotiations with the Creators have never ended with peaceful resolution, Alpha-Program. Every time they sense our stance towards them softening, they take the advantage and launch an attack. You have read our data logs and reviewed our historical recordings. You know this is true.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?