User blog comment:The Milkman/Alpha and Omega/@comment-2250460-20121129232300/@comment-1440333-20121130122037

I would actually say Nyreen's relationship with Aria was understated and very subtle. We know they were close, to the point that Nyreen can read Aria very well, but we are left to infer exactly how close they were. I cant see the cliche.

And as for her being a female turian, it was nice, but I agree that it didn't define her character. In fact apart from the asari in general and maybe the odd batarian, Bioware seems pretty good at not defining characters by their gender or race and Nyreen was a good example of that. Her character focus was based on her past relationship with Aria and how that affects their current interactions, her military history and devotion to people and how that affects her leading the Talons, and her fear of the Adjutants and anger at Cerberus.