- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I figured I should at a little more evidence to my argument.
On page 170 of Halo: The Flood, there is a paragraph that offers some insight into the origins of Master Chief's knowledge of the Forerunner language. The scene takes place in the Map Room. "The Master Chief took a couple of steps forward and reached a hand toward the display. He seemed to know instinctively how to activate the panel--it almost seemed hard-wired, like his fight-or-flight response."
I believe this truly supports the claim in my first post, or at least a similar claim. Fight-or-flight responses in animals are inborn and thus "hard-wired" as Chief puts it. If something is inborn, it is only logical that this characteristic results from genetic make-up. Thus Master Chief's genetic code contains Forerunner genes, though to what extent I cannot surmise.