User blog comment:Aleksandr the Great/Prothean Squadmate is Officially DLC/@comment-24.131.37.97-20120228031020/@comment-136.186.67.82-20120228062918

For the last time it is impossible for a prothean to "escape" part way to becoming a Collector. Becoming Collectors was not a process that occured overnight. The indoctrinated Protheans were used as labour while being cloned as they died out. Only after the indoctrination made them useless did the Reapers process them into Collectors. And this was a combination of many alterations over decades. If this Porthean was only half-way through the procedure he would be so indoctrinated he would not be able to talk or move on his own.

-Ironreaper