#qael

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(First in blue is Ghala, second in purple is Qael, and the last is a comparison between the two.)

Ghala's priorities are pretty well grouped into social and emotional. Alongside the belonging and family priorities pretty much standard for Geth, it yearns for security, love, friendship, approval, respect, appreciation and honest, loving intimacy. After its trauma, sex is much lower on its priority list than previously, but after it being such an ugly and unpleasant thing for so long it does sometimes want to experience truly "making love". Inner peace and self-acceptance are also two things for which it strives, as all it suffered left it feeling broken beyond the damage to its platform and plagued by dark, ugly thoughts.

Qael is actually quite similar, except completely non-physical. Like any Geth, it prioritizes belonging and family, but like Ghala it also yearns for respect, love, friendship, security and inner peace. Its own abuse left it similarly starved for kinder treatment, but aside from those spikes its generally somewhat apathetic--it cares more about friends and family than its own needs much of the time, as its pains are old and with age comes the wisdom to help others, like Ghala.