the council: omg, the reapers are coming what should we do, if only we had any way of foreseeing this

shepard:

listen…….

Priority: The Citadel II

listen…….

    ◄ There is another solution, a way to stop Saren, that does not require fleets or armies. ►

listen…….

YO also some nice Councilor Valern

but what if they have one of those on and off affairs full of drama complete of secret smooching and pretending no one knows they’re a thing

i based this less on how they specifically try to persuade you to work with them (if i did, they’d all be logos) and more on how dialogue with them seems to point to different priorities for each. valern tends to value knowledge and logic (logos), tevos tries to keep the peace (ethos), and sparatus is primarily concerned with how what you do affects civilians (pathos).