User blog comment:Xaero Dumort/"Synthetics" as applied to the ending and the sentence that nullifies IT./@comment-24.8.44.219-20120824090949

Since the Destroy ending specifically shows machines merely being disabled, NOT exploding (Normandy, Reaper ships, Shepard himself), I think it worked something like an EMP and that the Reaper kid wasn't being entirely honest. It's quite possible EDI and the Geth can be repaired/rebooted, without actually dying, or, hopefully, losing any hard drive data (memory).