[ There was an ache that weighed heavy in his chest that mirrored Halsey's tightly controlled brush of a knuckle across her cheek. John couldn't do them same - everything behind the helmet had to evaporate in its own time until the air inside smelled distinctly of salt. He could deal with that.
Following along with Halsey's logic that the matter of what had happened to them to bring them here was the more pressing issue, John nods. Not delivering a another, repetitive 'yes ma'am'; he was happy she was here and perhaps given to rely heavily on protocol but he was hardly sycophantic. ]
No.
[ It was as though he could see the cogs turning behind her ice blue eyes. He was near abouts the same conclusion that it was highly irregular that a SPARTAN could be incapacitated without their knowing short of being of vented into space. And there had been no side effects beyond the expected confusion. ]
We're somewhere on Earth, but...
[ The next part is where things get a bit murky and well beyond his ken. ]
Outside this compound survivors of an unknown disaster left behind a note that said: The world ended July 3rd, 2015. Further out two klicks north there was abandoned town and what I assumed to be the survivors.
[ Again, he shifts his weight from foot to foot. Hesitation. ]
The town was devastated and any people I've come across exhibited what looked exposure to the Flood.
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Following along with Halsey's logic that the matter of what had happened to them to bring them here was the more pressing issue, John nods. Not delivering a another, repetitive 'yes ma'am'; he was happy she was here and perhaps given to rely heavily on protocol but he was hardly sycophantic. ]
No.
[ It was as though he could see the cogs turning behind her ice blue eyes. He was near abouts the same conclusion that it was highly irregular that a SPARTAN could be incapacitated without their knowing short of being of vented into space. And there had been no side effects beyond the expected confusion. ]
We're somewhere on Earth, but...
[ The next part is where things get a bit murky and well beyond his ken. ]
Outside this compound survivors of an unknown disaster left behind a note that said: The world ended July 3rd, 2015. Further out two klicks north there was abandoned town and what I assumed to be the survivors.
[ Again, he shifts his weight from foot to foot. Hesitation. ]
The town was devastated and any people I've come across exhibited what looked exposure to the Flood.