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<blockquote class="quoteContainer"><div class="quote">Beruut craned his head in contemplation. <span style="color: YellowGreen">"Not unlike the Krogans in their own way... They, a species whose birth rates have been reduced to the average of their sentient peers continue to reduce themselves mindlessly toward extinction through endless, pointless conflict, unaware that the only thing wiping them out now is themselves. And the Quarians, so used to the confinement and safety of their suits that they refuse to simply use immunization supplements regularly to allow themselves to normalize over time outside of the suits."</span> He chuckled and rolled his eyes. <span style="color: YellowGreen">"Both so stubborn, only interested in the immediate, easy answer to their tribulations."</span><br/>
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</div>Milenya smiled faintly.<span style="color: #6495ED">"I had wondered how Krogan population numbers were so steady. It's a very long term project, isn't it? To encourage them towards cultural stability, by making every new life a precious one. But what happens when they get there, when some form of central government, democratic or otherwise, finally arrives? Will someone take the initiative to alleviate the effects of the genophage, or will they continue to suffer under a centuries old judgement?"</span>She shrugs.<span style="color: #6495ED">"That's a concern. It's been something like fourteen hundred years, and we are starting to see signs of that kind of integration. There's a Krogan businessman on Illium. Damn sharp, a little more ruthless in business than most on his level, but physical violence isn't his primary style. I also remember walking past a Krogan declaiming poetry before, a few times. They're outliers, but starting to get more common, I think."</span><br/><br/><span style="color: #6495ED">"As for the Quarians, I'm sure that there's also the cultural factor of wanting to return to Rannoch, to take it back. I'd always wondered; if the Council hadn't had such strict laws against the development of AI, intentional or otherwise, would the Quarians have found a way to coexist with the Geth? I think the term means 'servant of the people.'"</span>She tucks one leg under herself, and brings up her other knee, resting an arm on it casually as she gestures, continuing.<span style="color: #6495ED">"As AI development goes, it's a very clever approach. The Geth are programmed to cooperate, to hand off tasks to each other. They're built to accept input from any source. They don't self-optimize as easily as the rare cases of independent AI. And in socialization terms, it gives society time to adapt to them, and gives the AI time to develop slowly, like a child. Eventually, it's going to grow up, of course, but I doubt it would purge that willingness to cooperate. It's built into their lowest level runtimes, their DNA/RNA if you will."</span><br/><br/>She looks curiously at Beruut.<span style="color: #6495ED">"I'm going to ask a freshman question here. What happened when you tried to use the co-opting mechanism of the Quarian immune system to adapt the use of the microbe you developed?"</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>