User blog comment:Mike Gilbert/Do you think the Reapers should keep their powers after Synthesis?/@comment-26516989-20130515224034/@comment-72.49.149.251-20130516013231

One thing though, who's to say that that Reaper shot down so long ago with that Uber M.A.C. shot wasn't merely crippled instead of murdered? Despite that Cerberus mad-man's Cthulian-esque ramblings about dead gods dreaming, he later mentions that "he" is tuning in on their dream. That, and the way the eezo core actively tried to shield itself and send husk after husk after us seems to imply a level of intelligence still surviving in that blasted space-hulk. Maybe that one was merely horrifically crippled instead of killed and Reapers really might be able to control their signal emissions?