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On [[2525#November|November 2, 2525]], Demos and [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Jack Hopper]] were ordered to visit retired [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] and offer him reinstatement. Essentially it was their job to convince him to come out of retirement and command the fleet to retake [[Harvest]]. Demos suspected Cole was drunk - a supposition supported by several empty bottles of Finnish black vodka in his living room. They presented him with the preliminary reports of the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] attack on Harvest. Cole offered them a drink, which they took for politeness's sake. He then told them:
On [[2525#November|November 2, 2525]], Demos and [[Lieutenant Commander]] [[Jack Hopper]] were ordered to visit retired [[Vice Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] and offer him reinstatement. Essentially it was their job to convince him to come out of retirement and command the fleet to retake [[Harvest]]. Demos suspected Cole was drunk - a supposition supported by several empty bottles of Finnish black vodka in his living room. They presented him with the preliminary reports of the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] attack on Harvest. Cole offered them a drink, which they took for politeness's sake. He then told them:
{{Article Quote|Three divorces, a cloned liver, two heart attacks - not much left of me boys...Like anyone can help with this slice of Armageddon. But okay. I'm in. I think you need me as much as ''I'' need this.}}  
{{Article quote|Three divorces, a cloned liver, two heart attacks - not much left of me boys...Like anyone can help with this slice of Armageddon. But okay. I'm in. I think you need me as much as ''I'' need this.}}  
Cole then set his drink aside undrunk, cleaned himself up and got dressed in uniform, a transformation which caused Demos and Hopper to reflexively stand at attention.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 461''</ref>
Cole then set his drink aside undrunk, cleaned himself up and got dressed in uniform, a transformation which caused Demos and Hopper to reflexively stand at attention.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", ''page 461''</ref>