Sovereign: We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it.

Squadmate: They're harvesting us! Letting us advance to the level they need, then wiping us out!

Shepard: What do you want from us? Slaves? Resources?

Sovereign: My kind transcends your very understanding. We are each a nation. Independent, free of all weakness. You cannot even grasp the nature of our existence.

Shepard: Where did you come from? Who built you?

Sovereign: We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure.

Shepard: Where are the rest of the Reapers? Are you the last of your kind?

Sovereign: We are legion. The time of our return is coming. Our numbers will darken the sky of every world. You cannot escape your doom.

Shepard: You're not even alive. Not really. You're just a machine. And machines can be broken!

Sovereign: Your words are as empty as your future. I am the vanguard of your destruction. This exchange is over.