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human
[Mass Effect] Can Asari reproduce with *any* other species, even ones normally considered 'just' animals?
gpt
No they can't. Asari can only reproduce with a species that has a sufficiently complex central nervous system. When melding or joining, the asari joins attunes her nervous system to her partner's and uses that to randomise the second set of genes to be passed on to the offspring.