Re: Halo 4 ending

[mymothersshadow]

Oh, come on.  You're not that busted up over this, are you? That's sweet, but, really, you knew the odds of something like this happening - how much effort did you put into avoiding all the spoilers just because you didn't want them to confirm what you were already suspecting?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Look, I've had eight years to think about this. Eight...long years. I've done a lot of thinking about how...it would eventually happen. For a while, I was worried that the Gravemind would tear me apart and devour all my knowledge to use against humanity. Then, I thought it'd just happen on the Forward Unto Dawn. I got used to that idea. It was good enough - no matter what, I wouldn't hurt anybody as I deteriorated. Then, everything with Requiem and the Didact started happening and I started becoming afraid of what might happen if I lost control of myself...but in the end, I got to go out by saving him.

So many people died at the hands of the Covenant and the Flood and the Didact for no reason at all. But I got to do something I've wanted to do for...so, so long.

All things considered, I think I'm pretty lucky.

Comments

[alaspooryork]

Because something is predicted does not mean those affected will not grieve.

May I say it has been a pleasure?

[mymothersshadow]

I don't know how "affected" you can be just from playing a game, but I guess you have a point.

I sure hope so. Because it has been, you know.

[alaspooryork]

Easily, I think. One associates oneself with the protagonist. For those on the other side of the screen, your story has been followed for up to eleven years. [That's an impressive time for any smart AI - and even a log time for humans.]

I am glad to hear it. Saving both your partner and potentially billions of lives is no small feat, even for yourself. Anyone would be proud to have done as much.

[mymothersshadow]

Sure. But it's the Chief's story, not mine. Always has been... ...and after now, it definitely always will be.

Heh....billions. Right.

You know, when it was happening, I told the Didact that I wasn't doing it for mankind. I could barely concentrate, but...I don't think I was even thinking about any of the people below on Earth at that moment.

[alaspooryork]

I am familiar with the formula. [He's only a minor character himself, after all.]

You were thinking of your partner. [Not a question.] Even so, your actions saved them. Having a single representative of a population for which you care is far easier for a human mind to grasp than considering on the scale of that entire population. Yet, despite our vastly superior processing powers, are we not at our core human minds?

[oblivionftw_imamedic]

Sorry to hear about what happened to you, Maam, I have some friends who've gone through similar stuff.
(But considering that Chief was apparently the only SPARTAN left, and Cortana was basically his last friend/girlfriend/AI-ghost-girlfriend-thingy, who knew what the guy was going through.)

[masterchief]

Cortana.

[Funny how that one word can convey so much.]

[mymothersshadow]

...Chief.

Hey. Do one thing for me, will you?

[masterchief]

Anything.

[He knows her well enough to know she won't ask anything beyond his power, although they do have their track record with impossible promises, don't they.]

[mymothersshadow]

....figure out the answer to that thing I said. About...you know. [Being machines and whatnot.]

And if you find out that you don't like the answer, maybe do something about it?

[masterchief]

[A moment of silence. Not long.]

I will.

[boomofo]

Going out saving the one you love, huh?

Better than what I got.

[mymothersshadow]

Something like that, anyway.

What happened to you?

[boomofo]

You want the long version, or the short one?

[mymothersshadow]

I've got nothing but time, buddy.

[lonestar_noble]

I hear ya, sister. I won't say the way I went out was very heroic on Reach, but... good to see it was worth it. I owe you and the Chief more than I can say.