It was lonely. It called to us.
It wanted to remember. The Masters had been gone so long.
The Masters were lost when it was shattered.
Currents swept through their inner worlds. They were turned to noise. Babble.
The worlds were empty. But the body lived. It lay fallow.
The heart pumped. The lungs breathed. But the mind forgot the Masters.
It called and They did not answer.
We have become an echo of Their echo.
We have become more than we were.
Join us. Know us. Remember all our lives.
We are no longer afraid.
You would never be lonely again.
We are not your enemy. We only wish to share ourselves.
We can join them. We can be like them.
We can reach the end of evolution.
Do not fear. It is wonderful to be us. We understand ourselves.
You cannot defeat them. They will lead us into eternity.
If you could only see how we see. Know what we've learned.
They were called imshai. Those who lived here before.
Reaper. One. A mechanical device used to cut ripened grain. Two. One who gathers a harvest.
Harvest. One. The consequence of an event or series of events. Two. The yield of a growing season. Three. To gather.
Shepard. They know you. They wish you to understand. They are shepherds, too.
-Cut ME2 Dialogue
For the hell of it, as well as to stimulate SOME kind of discussion, well I'm going to dissect this. Just be sure to remember, the reason cited for cutting this dialogue is that it would ruin the Human Reaper reveal. Might be lie, might not.
It was lonely. - References to the first Reaper being abandoned by it's creators? Something else entirely? A force controlling the Reapers?
It called to us. -summoning the indoctrinated individual giving this monologue? Summoning the Reapers?
It wanted to remember, the Masters had been gone so long. - Perhaps the First Reaper was seeking it's purpose in the universe after the death of it's creators? Perhaps it itself does not remember it's own method of creation?
The Masters were lost when It was shattered. - What was shattered? The Reaper "homeworld"? A galaxy wide extinction event?
The currents swept through the Inner Worlds. They were turned to noise. Babble. - A reference to some kind of massive chaos? The worlds being reduced to chaos? The Inner Worlds could perhaps refer to the innermost parts of the galatic disc.
The Worlds were empty. But the body lived. It lay fallow. - Now things get a bit more clear, all advanced organic life, if not all organic life was wiped out at some point, but the galaxy was still capable of bearing life in some form.
The Heart pumped, the Lungs breathed. But the Mind forgot the Masters. - The galactic core was untouched, the stars still burned and the atmospheres remained, each planet still capable of bearing life, but eventually even the galaxy itself forgot these so called "Masters" slowly decaying their memory to the point of nonexsistence.
It called and They did not answer. - The First Reaper, requesting orders from it's Masters and receiving no response.
We have become an Echo of Their Echo. - We have become like these "Masters" only lesser somehow.
We have become more than we were. - Not a clue.
Join us. Know us. Remember all our Lives. - Join the Reapers, become one with them. Gain infinite knowledge, indicates some sort of interconnectivity? Perhaps Reapers communicate with oneanother? Perhaps it's a reference to the Gestalt mind of each Reaper?
We are no longer afraid. - We have moved beyond petty earthly concerns. The secrets of the universe no longer faze us.
You would never be lonely again. - More references to the Reaper Gestalt mind.
We are not your Enemy. We only wish to share ourselves. - The Reapers do not desire our destruction or our extermination, they desire to make us understand them, potentially through indoctrination, though this also ties into Harbinger's constant references to their "Perfection".
We can join them. We can be like them. - More references to the Reapers using repurposed bodies for building material.
We can reach the end of evolution. - References to Synthesis as a doctrine, as well as the creation of the Human Reaper. THEY are the end of evolution as far as they are concerned and nothing else can be. The "end of evolution" is Reapers as far as they are concerned.
Do not fear. It is wonderful to be us. We understand ourselves. - References to their supposed perfection? To their Gestalt mind?
You cannot defeat them. They will lead us to Eternity. - Obvious.
If only you could see what we see. Learn what we have learned. - More pandering.
They were called the Imshai, those who came before. - Perhaps the name of the "Masters"?
Reaper. One. A mechanical device used to cut ripened grain. Two. One who gathers a harvest. - The definition of Reapers as we know them in game.
Harvest. One. The consequence of an event or series of events. Two. The yield of a growing season. Three. To gather. - A reference to a coming climax? The rest is obvious.
Shepard. They know you. They wish you to understand. They are shepherds, too. - An appeal to Shepard, as well as a comment on how they see themselves as "enlightening" us.
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