User blog comment:Legionwrex/I figured out how many Reapers there are!/@comment-4953843-20120801020755/@comment-2250460-20120801040933

I always thought Shepard was exaggerating for emphasis whenever he said Trillions of Sentient life forms (Remember the Reapers only harvest the Sentient life).

Mass Effect is special in Science Fiction franchises in that the Galaxy isn't actually that populated, there are only a couple hundred colonies, and most of them have small populations.

Sovereign was pulling the same trick Shepard was; exaggerating for emphasis, or he could simply be deluded and arrogant enough to make such a stupid claim, just like he was when he claimed the Reapers are immortal, because the Catalyst and the very fact he is a machine beg to differ.