Let's Talk About Mass Effect 2 (General Thread) - Now For Sony Fans, Too

[arcelonious]

GooseGaws said:

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arcelonious said:

At the end of Issue 3, Liara initially thinks that she is talking to the Shadow Broker, which actually turns out to be a sophisticated machine, so it's possible that Harbinger was also talking to something like that.

As for Feron in the field instead of sitting in a chair somewhere, maybe he's more active in his work than people have been led to believe.  Again, I already know that my theory is out there, with the current information leading us to believe that the Yahg was the Shadow Broker.  Maybe we'll see more in the third game, or maybe we won't.

I haven't read Redemption, but as I understand it Liara and Feron recovered Shepard's body, then gave it to Cerberus.  In doing so, Feron betrayed the Shadow Broker and later explained that this was due to the fact that he did not support working with the Collectors.  I'm sure that noticeable effects of long-term torture would have been suspiciously absent, if your theory was accurate.

**SPOILERS**

If you've played the DLC, you should have noticed how Feron sort of vanishes from his restraints once the Yahg is defeated (start the video around the 6:50 mark).  Clearly if he were really under long-term torture effects, he wouldn't have been able to vanish like how he was portrayed (instead, he would have slowly gotten up).  Again, when he hears the Shadow Broker's "voice", he sprints towards the Shadow Broker's room (as if he is perfectly fine, instead of slowly limping toward the location) and draw his weapon.  It's only when he's in front of Liara that you see him start to limp.

It's easy to take Feron's actions at face value if you haven't read Redemption yet, because in Redemption, it shows how deceitful Feron can be.