"No," Kaidan said, which was truthful. "But it doesn't matter."

That was, too.

Saren rambled on for a while, but Kaidan had been too busy fighting to hold onto consciousness at the time, and so even the words were blurred.

"You're afraid Sovereign is influencing you. You're afraid he's controlling your thoughts."

Shepard's words, however, were crystal clear.

"...Sovereign needs me to find the conduit. My mind is still mine. For now. But the transformation from ally to servant can be subtle. I will not let it happen to me."

At that point, younger Kaidan had apparently lost some sense of consciousness again: the memory became blurry.