Although the original photo found in Shepard's room was controversial, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition updated the image with a better design.

Yeoman Kelly Chambers will mention Tali's interest to Shepard, while DLC squadmate Kasumi Goto will tell Shepard that he's 'all she talks about.' Her romance is particularly sweet, if for no other reason that players never get to see Tali's face until the end of Mass Effect 3. There are a few hints at Tali's interest beforehand. Tali will develop feelings for Shepard in the second game: 'I mean, a young woman gets rescued by a dashing commander who lets her join his crew and then goes off to save the galaxy? How could she possibly develop any kind of interest in him?' Tali and Shepard's romance also has some of the most memorable lines in Mass Effect. RELATED: Mass Effect 2: 7 Best Normandy Upgrades To Get Right Away It's a pretty bird made out of rainbows.' You want to know what is it? You wanna know. When Shepard points out that she doesn't have a tattoo, Tali explains that it's an 'Omni-tattoo. 'You want to see my tattoo?' She says from the floor. I'm in a bubble!'Įventually, Shepard will return to find her near-collapsed in the bathroom. Later she even whips out an impression of Liara as she was first encountered in Mass Effect 1, stuck inside a forcefield: 'I'll act it out. And you like me, too!' Javik shuts down the conversation, but it's clear she's right. You act so angry, but you really care about us You care about Liara. She teases Prothean companion Javik over the Normandy's intercom. It isn't the only time Tali's drinking makes her mask slip, metaphorically speaking. Cerberus and ask them to please build us the SR-3.'

During Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC, she gets drunk far quicker than Shepard's other squadmates when hanging out on the Citadel, leading to some great lines like 'we can always. Tali, like most Quarians, can't handle her liquor.

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