Mass Effect 3 (2012 Video Game)

Ali Hillis: Dr. Liara T'Soni

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• Dr. Liara T'Soni : I've written over a dozen studies on your species. I've published in several journals...

  Javik : Amusing. Asari have finally mastered writing.

• Matriarch Aethyta : It was pretty clear she was leaving. Can't be the wise counselor when you're married.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : Why not?

  Matriarch Aethyta : Sex appeal. Most species only pay attention if they want to have sex with you. So you have to be available, mysterious...

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : What? That's not true! Shepard listens to me!

  Matriarch Aethyta : And how many times have you popped his thermal clip?

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : Do you have to make it sound so... tawdry?

  Matriarch Aethyta : If it's all civilized, you're not doing it right.

• Javik : This has been... amusing.

  Commander Shepard - Male : Oh?

  Javik : To discover that the most primitive races of my time now rule the galaxy. The asari, the humans, the turians...

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : There's also the salarians.

  Javik : The lizard people evolved?

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : I believe they're amphibian.

  Javik : They used to eat flies.

• Dr. Liara T'Soni : Incredible. The beacon seems to think you're Prothean, Shepard. It must be the Cipher you got back on Feros years ago.

  Javik : Or it could be the Prothean standing next to you.

• Dr. Liara T'Soni : Joker, really, I have work to do!

  Jeff 'Joker' Moreau : Come on it is just a simple question.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : Then look it up on the extranet.

  Jeff 'Joker' Moreau : You can't believe everything you find on there. It's more reliable to ask a friendly asari.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : I'm not telling you if my 'hair tentacles' move!

  Jeff 'Joker' Moreau : Fine. Deny me the answer I've been seeking for years, With this war on, we could die any second you know...

  Commander Shepard - Male : [Support Joker]  You know he's going to keep bothering you until you tell him.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : [sighs]  They're semi-flexible cartilage based scalp-crests that grow into shape. And they don't 'flop around'.

  Jeff 'Joker' Moreau : Yes! Thanks, Liara. I gotta tell Vega I was right.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : Well at least he's making friends.

• Urdnot Wrex : Tuchanka may be a pile of radioactive rubble, but its *our* pile, and we'll fight to the last krogan to keep it that way?

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : That's what I always liked about you, Wrex.

  Urdnot Wrex : My smoldering good looks?

• Garrus Vakarian : So, Shepard, you can serve this swill but can you drink it?

  Commander Shepard - Male : Someone has to drive you all home.

  Lieutenant Samantha Traynor : Are we sure the Normandy is still there? Has anyone else tried to steal it?

  Kasumi Goto : [Uncloaks behind Traynor]  Stealing the Normandy? Now there's an idea!

  [Cloaks again] 

  Lieutenant Samantha Traynor : Wait, what? Who?

  Commander Shepard - Male : Traynor, you still have your toothbrush?

  Tali'Zorah vas Normandy : We can always *hic* get another Normandy. Call up *hic* Cerberus, and ask them to please build us the SR-3.

  Samara : But wouldn't that require you to change your name? Tali'Zorah von Normandy SR-3?

  Tali'Zorah vas Normandy : It's VAS Normandy. *hic* Von means "one who has a weak bladder." Which feels appropriate right about now.

  Garrus Vakarian : We've seen a lot of good times on the old girl.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : That we have.

  Samara : Indeed.

  Tali'Zorah vas Normandy : Hear, hear.

  Lieutenant Samantha Traynor : Some of you more than others. I'm just honored to have squeaked in.

  Commander Shepard - Male : To the Normandy.

• Tali'Zorah vas Normandy : I remember first meeting Shepard. All I kept thinking was, "I hope he took a shower, because my filter needs replacing, and humans carry a lot of germs."

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : I'm guessing that's not what you think anymore.

  Lieutenant Samantha Traynor : Well, she may still picture him in the shower.

• [after killing a Banshee on Thessia] 

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : I still can't face those things... my own people...

  Javik : When we fought the Reapers, they turned our own children against us.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : I can't imagine that.

  Javik : They assumed we would hesitate to kill them.

  Commander Shepard - Male : Did you?

  Javik : What answer would you prefer?

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : None. Let's stop talking about this.

• Commander Shepard - Male : Legends can be good or bad. Which are we?

  Maya Brooks - Citadel DLC : You're the kind that people look up to. The kind they owe their lives to.

  Urdnot Wrex : Then how come everyone's always shooting at us?

  Tali'Zorah vas Normandy : I think it's mostly you, Wrex. The bigger the target, the bigger the, uh... target.

  Urdnot Wrex : You're saying I've gained weight?

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : It just means there's more of the legend to love.

• [before a firefight] 

  Urdnot Wrex : You ready?

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : Absolutely.

  Urdnot Wrex : No worrying? No emotional concerns? You've grown up, T'Soni.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : Well, I recently discovered that I'm one-quarter krogan.

  Urdnot Wrex : Ha! I knew there was a reason I liked you.

• [Shepard walks in on Liara and Javik arguing after the fall of Thessia] 

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : Those were all lies back there!

  Javik : They were not.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : My people weren't animals for your kind to experiment on!

  Javik : You wanted to know more about your history, asari. Now you do.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : [as her biotic field glows threateningly]  I have a name! It's Liara T'Soni! And I'd appreciate you using it from now on!

  [Shepard interrupts] 

  Commander Shepard - Male : Hey, settle down!

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : My home was just destroyed, and all he can do is gloat!

  Commander Shepard - Male : Given what's happened today, I think you owe Liara an apology, Javik.

  Javik : Apologize for the truth?

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : For not doing more! You're a Prothean! You were supposed to have all the answers! How could you not stop this from happening?

  Javik : We believed you would.

  [Liara looks at Shepard, and her biotic field disappears] 

  Javik : Long ago we saw the potential in your people. Even then, it was obvious. The wisdom, the patience. You were the best hope for this cycle. So you were... guided, when necessary.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : [sadly]  Well, it didn't work.

  Javik : You're still alive, aren't you? Your world may have fallen, but as long as even one asari is left standing, the fight isn't over.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : I guess that goes for Protheans, too.

  Javik : Despair is the enemy's greatest weapon. Do not let them wield it... Liara T'Soni.

  [Liara gives a half-smile, then leaves] 

  Commander Shepard - Male : That was... unexpected. Thank you.

  Javik : We still need her talents. If grief overcomes her, she will be lost to us.

  Commander Shepard - Male : So did you actually mean what you said?

  Javik : Does it matter?

  Commander Shepard - Male : Liara means a great deal to me. It matters.

  Javik : Then I will tell you what you want to hear. I meant what I said.

  [he turns away] 

  Commander Shepard - Male : Carry on.

• Commander Shepard - Male : What's the best way into the Archives?

  Maya Brooks - Citadel DLC : The facility is located below the Wards. Maybe a direct breach for maximum surprise?

  Commander Shepard - Male : I like it. Sounds like you're learning the ropes.

  Lieutenant Steve Cortez : Hell, hang out with us long enough, and you'll learn ropes, knives, bombs, thresher maws...

  Urdnot Wrex : But don't hang out too long, or pretty soon you'll be making friends with asari.

  Dr. Liara T'Soni : I heard that.