Shepard's ignoring the surreal sensation of being the one on the receiving end of a lot of questions. She is a professional.

"The idea is that we could have nothing they'd possibly want, and they'd always be fighting feelings of inferiority for being created, so they'd inevitably turn on their makers." Shepard shakes her head with a sigh and a frown. "That says more about the organics coming up with the doomsday scenarios than it does about the synthetics, if you ask me."