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Professor [[Evan Phillips]] is the only [[human]] known to have solved an arum.  He has also gained quite the reputation on Sanghelios as he has yet to tackle an arum that he is unable to solve in less than an hour. This has impressed and awed many Sangheili; one asked the Professor if all humans were capable of solving the puzzles so quickly.  When Phillips answered in the negative the response was: "Good. Then you would be a much more dangerous species."<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 427''</ref>

There is evidence to suggest that the arum is based on a Forerunner design. A Forerunner structure in the state of Ontom featured a lock that strongly resembled an arum, consisting of layered concentric spheres that needed to be aligned; unlike an arum, however, this lock also included holes in the layers. Professor Evan Phillips theorized that puzzle-locks such as these were the inspiration for the arum.