Connectivity - Part 2

Connectivity - Part 2
Attribution information
Author(s):	Alex Wakeford Jeff Easterling
Audio book narrator(s):	Jen Taylor
Publication information
Publisher:	Halo Studios
Publication date:	May 26, 2026 (part of Halo: Waypoint Chronicles Volume One)
Media type:	Poem

Connectivity - Part 2 is a poem in the Waypoint Chronicle series written by Jeff Easterling and Alex Wakeford. It is exclusively included in the print compilation Halo: Waypoint Chronicles - Volume One, released on May 26, 2026. The poem follows on from Connectivity, a poem originally written by Jonathan Goff for Halo: Evolutions, and describes Cortana's sacrifice and the new connection between John-117 and Joyeuse.

The Poem

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Theirs is a connection, innocent and new An echo of what was; a dream of what could be a fledgling friendship; a template of trust It is bound in grief; fortified by responsibility born of desperation foretold in fear Theirs is a union of machine and man of rediscovered, reclaimed identity Built to bring death, to shatter empires like glass; through might and mind Against an enemy that was once a friend, She drowned in infinite knowledge In Her wake; heated wrath that burned hot and consumed But now, She is gone; a sacrifice, splintering to shelter All that remains; a joyous echo, the vibrancy of youth Somewhere, out among uncharted constellations of uncertainty and ruin Beyond the event horizon of despair They journey forth, into the deepest shadows of this dire wheel; and silently they ask Please deliver me from the dark and show me hope again.

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