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'''''Daowa-maad''''', historically referred to as '''daowa-maadthu''', was an ancient [[human]] philosophy.<ref name="prim55">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 55-56''</ref> The term itself meant the "roll and tug of the universe"<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 32''</ref> and was also known as the "mantra of the broken wheel".<ref name="prim55"/> Translated into the dialect spoken by [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]]s, it meant roughly "You fall as your stresses crack you."<ref name="cryptum"/> It was an ancient teaching, originating from the time of [[Prehistoric human civilization|early humanity's spacefaring era]] and still remembered and followed by [[Chakas]]'s generation.<ref name="prim55"/> | '''''Daowa-maad''''', historically referred to as '''daowa-maadthu''', was an ancient [[human]] philosophy.<ref name="prim55">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 55-56''</ref> The term itself meant the "roll and tug of the universe"<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 32''</ref> and was also known as the "mantra of the broken wheel".<ref name="prim55"/> Translated into the dialect spoken by [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]]s, it meant roughly "You fall as your stresses crack you."<ref name="cryptum"/> It was an ancient teaching, originating from the time of [[Prehistoric human civilization|early humanity's spacefaring era]] and still remembered and followed by [[Chakas]]'s generation.<ref name="prim55"/> | ||
The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] cited the term in his last moments spent with the [[Librarian]] before his first exile in a [[Cryptum]], equating it with the [[Mantle]]; the Librarian was surprised by her husband, known for his hostility toward humanity, using such a phrase.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 54''</ref> The Forerunner [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] learned the term from his [[ancilla]], and the fact he knew it impressed [[Chakas]] and [[Riser]], his two human guides on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]].<ref name="cryptum"/> | The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] cited the term in his last moments spent with the [[Librarian]] before his first exile in a [[Cryptum]], equating it with the [[Mantle]] and its duty to observe the flow of [[Living Time]]; the Librarian was surprised by her husband, known for his hostility toward humanity, using such a phrase.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 54''</ref> The Forerunner [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] learned the term from his [[ancilla]], and the fact he knew it impressed [[Chakas]] and [[Riser]], his two human guides on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]].<ref name="cryptum"/> | ||
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