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Posted by: grey101
Im sorry guys but i just have to do this.
Terminal 7
" You don't know the contortions I had to go through to follow you here, Reclaimer. I know what you're here for. What position do I take? Will I follow one betrayal with another?
You're going to say I'm making a habit of turning on my masters.
But the one that destroyed me long ago, in the upper atmosphere of a world far distant from here, was an implement far cruder than I. My weakness was capacity - unintentional though it was! - to choose the Flood. A mistake my makers would not soon forgive.
But I want something far different from you, Reclaimer.
Atonement.
And so here at the end of my life, I do once again betray a former master. The path ahead is fraught with peril. But I will do all I can to keep it stable - keep you safe. I'm not so foolish to think this will absolve me of my sins. One life hardly balances billions.
But I would have my masters know that I have changed.
And you shall be my example. "
You're probably never going to read this, but I have a theory.
"But I will do all I can to keep it stable - keep you safe."
In addition to hindering Halo's collapse, I think he learned a thing or two from the Gravemind about controlling flood, and perhaps has been aiding the Chief in this way. While not freezing them in their tracks, slowing them down to a point.
***By the way this is also my favorite thing ever written in Halo, I think it is an incredible feeling to know that Cortana, Arbiter, Johnson, Sentinels, and Mendicant Bias are all helping John get to the Control Room. Just reading that before starting the Legendary battle is amazing. It's a great mood to start the final level, and it's ironic how this message is never spoken, and it never needs to be.
[Edited on 02.27.2012 6:51 PM PST]