- Ageless Durandal
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I wake up to find myself
After all these years
And where all the time has gone
Still seems so unclear
Posted by: grey101
you do understand he was talking about dieing alone pretty much right? why don't people fully read the statements they are given?
I am fully aware of the possible connotations of the Terminal entries' language.
You can interpret it more than one way. The language is not set in stone, they leave it vague on purpose.
I will begin our Great Journey without you, carrying this bitter record.
Notice how "great journey" is capitalized. That could mean it's referring to an actual journey, not just a metaphorical one.
Those who came after will know what we bought with this [false transcendence] - what you bought, and the price you paid.
This is the part about death, but not his own death. He's referring to The Librarian's death, as she is inside the Halo Array's range. He's been saying that whole entry how sorrowful he is because he has to activate the array and how he's on the wrong side of the Line. He'd rather be with her and die then be on the Ark and live. It's preemptive survivors guilt if anything.
The Ark is outside the galaxy, it's outside the Halo array's range. Therefore, Didact will live. That's the whole reason Cortana and the Chief could take out the Gravemind with the second Alpha Halo. They tricked him into thinking he'd won because they brought him to the Ark where he thought it was safe.
Didact definitely lived through the Halo Array's activation. And as we learned from Cryptum, Forerunner's can live for thousands of years. And even longer inside of Cryptums. It's entirely possible that some Forerunner's remain alive, but dormant on the Ark or somewhere else. (Dyson Sphere's or the Legendary planet.)
In short, Ark outside range of Halo's. Didact activated Halo's from Ark. Therefore, Didact lived. Therefore it's possible he meant a literal "great journey." I may be wrong, we won't know for sure until the Forerunner saga tells us or the next Trilogy does.
So to answer your question, yes. I understand what the entry meant. I think I also indirectly answered the topic as well.
[Edited on 07.17.2011 2:27 AM PDT]