User blog comment:Raymorn/Bioware Co-Founder Dr. Ray Muzyka Speaks Out/@comment-3148237-20120322021617/@comment-1679409-20120322042218

Shepard has been exposed to Reaper technology numerous times throughout the series. He was on Eden Prime while Sovereign was there. He was around Object Rho. He visited Aequitas, where the Reaper artifact turned everyone into husks. He has been inside of a Reaper. He basically had a face-to-face conversation with a destroyer on Rannoch. He was on Earth when God knows how many Reapers attacked. He was up close and personal with the human-reaper. The indoctrination could have a cumulative effect.