[Halsey knows more about the Forerunners than any other human and most of the Covenant, but instead of the acidic "of course" the question would have earned him at any other time, she just cocks her head and says...]
Yes.
[...encouraging John to continue without fearing that he's annoyed her. He wouldn't be prefacing like this if it weren't important.]
I strongly suspect he or a personality imprint of his was behind New Phoenix.
[She might be very much out of grace right now, but Halsey's mind remains as sharp as it ever was, and ONI can't keep her under house arrest on a station orbiting Earth without her being able to piece together a few things.]
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Yes.
[...encouraging John to continue without fearing that he's annoyed her. He wouldn't be prefacing like this if it weren't important.]
I strongly suspect he or a personality imprint of his was behind New Phoenix.
[She might be very much out of grace right now, but Halsey's mind remains as sharp as it ever was, and ONI can't keep her under house arrest on a station orbiting Earth without her being able to piece together a few things.]