- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
... I thought in the cutscene before the arbiter, one of the brutes says: "why not toss HIM in with this lot? (refering to the hungry jackels)" "What about us, my belly aches, and HIS flesh is seared just the way I like it". And I doubt that the arbiter could conceal his gender since he was naked at the time (unless if it's all internal with Elites, which is possible). Btw, "mate" doesn't necessarily mean female, maybe in Covenant marriages one spouse serves in the military and the other stays at home, opening the possibilities for couples where the woman goes to war and the man stays at home.