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*'''[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] (COM)''': "Chief, I'll round up our survivors, fall back to the Dawn."

''~~Master~~ Chief drops down onto a wide platform from a hole above ('Vadam follows him in co-op)''

''The Chief drops down onto a wide platform from a hole above ('Vadam follows him in co-op)''

*'''Johnson (COM)''': "Arbiter will do the same with the Elites."

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'''''Graverobber.'''''

''Chief begins searching, further in the hive.''

''The Chief begins searching, further in the hive.''

*'''[[Gravemind]] ([[Gravemind Moment]])''': "Child of my enemy, why have you come? I offer no forgiveness; a [[Forerunners|father's]] sins passed to his [[Humans|son]]."

''~~A little later~~.''

''The Chief drops down a [[Porta]].''

*'''Cortana ([[Cortana Moment]])''': ''(A strange mix of cries of agony and psychotic laughter)''

*'''Cortana''' ''(coming out of a speaker within a crashed Pelican)'': "I tried to stay hidden, but there was no escape! He cornered me, wrapped me tight and brought me close."

*'''Cortana''' ''(coming out of a speaker within a crashed Pelican)'': "I tried to stay hidden, but there was no escape! He cornered me, wrapped me tight... and brought me close."

''As the Chief goes deeper into the hive.''

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*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': "Of course, you came for ''[[Cortana|her]]''... We exist together now. [[High Charity (Level)|Two corpses, in one grave...]]"

*'''Cortana''': ''(~~sounds~~ distant~~, then when "stolen" is said, sounds suddenly close~~)'' "A collection of lies; that's all I am! ''Stolen'' [[Artificial Intelligence|thoughts and memories]]!"

*'''Cortana''': ''(distant)'' "A collection of lies; that's all I am! ''Stolen'' [[Artificial Intelligence|thoughts and memories]]!"

*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': "And yet, perhaps a part of her... remains?" ''(maniacal laughter, fades into Cortana's voice)''

*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': "And yet, perhaps a part of her...remains?" ''(maniacal laughter, fades into Cortana's voice)''

*'''Cortana''': ''(deranged laughter)''

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''In the large room where the [[Tilt skull|Tilt Skull]] is located, a Terminal can be activated, but does not count towards the Marathon Man achievement. If activated, it displays another Cortana Moment.''

*'''Cortana (Terminal)''': It was the coin's fault! I wanted to make you strong, keep you safe... ''(drop in tone)''I'm sorry, I can't..."

*'''Cortana (Terminal)''': It was the coin's fault! I wanted to make you strong, keep you safe...''(drop in tone)''I'm sorry, I can't..."

~~''(Reference to earlier sections of [[Halo: Fall of Reach]] in which Doctor [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]] examines [[John-117]] as a potential [[Spartan II]] candidate)''~~

''Cortana begins to show signs of Rampancy.''

*'''Cortana''': ''(casually and kindly, as though nothing is wrong)'' "May I speak with you, please?... What's your name? It's very nice to meet you! ... You like games? So do I."

*'''Cortana''': ''(casually and kindly, as though nothing is wrong)'' "May I speak with you, please?... What's your name? It's very nice to meet you!... You like games? So do I."

~~''A reference to earlier sections of [[Halo: Fall of Reach]] in which Doctor [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]] examines [[John-117]] as a potential [[Spartan II]] candidate.''~~

''The Chief struggles through into more narrow, Flood-contaminated tunnels.''

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*'''Cortana''': ''(upset and frightened)'' "I'm just my [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Mother]]'s shadow... don't look at me, don't listen! I'm not who I used to be..."

''As the Chief nears a large room (with the route to the reactor room at the top).''

''As the Chief nears a large room (with the route to the reactor room at the top):''

*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(~~angry~~)'' "Time has taught me ''patience''! But basking in new freedom, I will know ''all that I possess''!"

*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(angrily)'' "Time has taught me ''patience''! But basking in new freedom, I will know ''all that I possess''!"

''~~En route~~ to the reactor room.''

''The Chief continues to the reactor room.''

*'''Cortana (Cortana Moment)''': ''(panicking, her voice slightly distorted)'' "I have walked the edge of the abyss. I have seen your future, and I have learned!"

''The image of Cortana suddenly turns a tinge of green~~, and~~ clutches ~~its~~ head and writhes in pain.''

''The image of Cortana suddenly turns a tinge of green. She clutches her head and writhes in pain.''

*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(angrily)'' "''Submit''!'' End her torment and my own''!"

*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(angrily)'' "''Submit''! ''End her torment and my own''!"

''The Chief enters the reactor room, passing by bones and skulls back at the entrance.''

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*'''Cortana (Cortana Moment)''': ''(panicking, voice slightly distorted)'' "There will be no more sadness, no more anger, no more envy!" (''a reference to the three main stages of [[rampancy]].)''

*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(enraged)'' "You ''will'' show me [[Activation Index|what she hides]]... or I shall feast upon your ''bones''!"

*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(enraged)'' "You ''will'' show me [[Activation Index|what she hides]]...or I shall feast upon your ''bones''!"

''The Chief begins to reach the end of the hallway.''

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*'''Cortana (Cortana Moment)''': ''(Speaking in a calm, distorted, monotone voice as though brainwashed. Her image is green.) ''"This is UNSC AI Serial Number CTN 0452-9. I am a monument to all your sins." ''(a reference to the Chief and Cortana's first meeting with the Gravemind)''

''The Chief rushes to the end of the hallway, to find Cortana lying prone in a Stasis ~~Shield~~ in a center podium. The room resembles the Sanctum of the Hierarchs. He beats and bashes the shield until it finally fails.''

''The Chief rushes to the end of the hallway, to find Cortana lying prone in a Stasis Field in a center podium. The room resembles the Sanctum of the Hierarchs. He beats and bashes the shield until it finally fails.''

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eNMEbwG-j0 '''{''Cutscene''}''']

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''Cortana slowly gets up. As she does, she begins to glow more brightly, and the lines of code and equations once again begin to fall over her surface. She opens her palm and a hologram of the Index appears above it.''

*'''Cortana''': "The [[Index|Activation Index]] from the [[Installation 04|first Halo ring]]. A little souvenir I hung onto... just in case. ''(she looks around)'' Got an escape plan?"

*'''Cortana''': "The [[Index|Activation Index]] from the [[Installation 04|first Halo ring]]. A little souvenir I hung onto...just in case. ''(she looks around)'' Got an escape plan?"

*'''Master Chief''': "Thought I'd try shooting my way out - mix things up a little."

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 *'''[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]] (COM)''': "Chief, I'll round up our survivors, fall back to the Dawn."
-''Master Chief drops down onto a wide platform from a hole above ('Vadam follows him in co-op)''
+''The Chief drops down onto a wide platform from a hole above ('Vadam follows him in co-op)''
 *'''Johnson (COM)''': "Arbiter will do the same with the Elites."
@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 '''''Graverobber.'''''
-''Chief begins searching, further in the hive.''
+''The Chief begins searching, further in the hive.''
 *'''[[Gravemind]] ([[Gravemind Moment]])''': "Child of my enemy, why have you come? I offer no forgiveness; a [[Forerunners|father's]] sins passed to his [[Humans|son]]."
-''A little later.''
+''The Chief drops down a [[Porta]].''
 *'''Cortana ([[Cortana Moment]])''': ''(A strange mix of cries of agony and psychotic laughter)''
-*'''Cortana''' ''(coming out of a speaker within a crashed Pelican)'': "I tried to stay hidden, but there was no escape! He cornered me, wrapped me tight and brought me close."
+*'''Cortana''' ''(coming out of a speaker within a crashed Pelican)'': "I tried to stay hidden, but there was no escape! He cornered me, wrapped me tight... and brought me close."
 ''As the Chief goes deeper into the hive.''
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 *'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': "Of course, you came for ''[[Cortana|her]]''... We exist together now. [[High Charity (Level)|Two corpses, in one grave...]]"
-*'''Cortana''': ''(sounds distant, then when "stolen" is said, sounds suddenly close)'' "A collection of lies; that's all I am! ''Stolen'' [[Artificial Intelligence|thoughts and memories]]!"
+*'''Cortana''': ''(distant)'' "A collection of lies; that's all I am! ''Stolen'' [[Artificial Intelligence|thoughts and memories]]!"
-*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': "And yet, perhaps a part of her... remains?" ''(maniacal laughter, fades into Cortana's voice)''
+*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': "And yet, perhaps a part of her...remains?" ''(maniacal laughter, fades into Cortana's voice)''
 *'''Cortana''': ''(deranged laughter)''
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 ''In the large room where the [[Tilt skull|Tilt Skull]] is located, a Terminal can be activated, but does not count towards the Marathon Man achievement. If activated, it displays another Cortana Moment.''
-*'''Cortana (Terminal)''': It was the coin's fault! I wanted to make you strong, keep you safe... ''(drop in tone)''I'm sorry, I can't..."
+*'''Cortana (Terminal)''': It was the coin's fault! I wanted to make you strong, keep you safe...''(drop in tone)''I'm sorry, I can't..."
-''(Reference to earlier sections of [[Halo: Fall of Reach]] in which Doctor [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]] examines [[John-117]] as a potential [[Spartan II]] candidate)''
 ''Cortana begins to show signs of Rampancy.''
-*'''Cortana''': ''(casually and kindly, as though nothing is wrong)'' "May I speak with you, please?... What's your name? It's very nice to meet you! ... You like games? So do I."
+*'''Cortana''': ''(casually and kindly, as though nothing is wrong)'' "May I speak with you, please?... What's your name? It's very nice to meet you!... You like games? So do I."
-''A reference to earlier sections of [[Halo: Fall of Reach]] in which Doctor [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]] examines [[John-117]] as a potential [[Spartan II]] candidate.''
 ''The Chief struggles through into more narrow, Flood-contaminated tunnels.''
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 *'''Cortana''': ''(upset and frightened)'' "I'm just my [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Mother]]'s shadow... don't look at me, don't listen! I'm not who I used to be..."
-''As the Chief nears a large room (with the route to the reactor room at the top).''
+''As the Chief nears a large room (with the route to the reactor room at the top):''
-*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(angry)'' "Time has taught me ''patience''! But basking in new freedom, I will know ''all that I possess''!"
+*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(angrily)'' "Time has taught me ''patience''! But basking in new freedom, I will know ''all that I possess''!"
-''En route to the reactor room.''
+''The Chief continues to the reactor room.''
 *'''Cortana (Cortana Moment)''': ''(panicking, her voice slightly distorted)'' "I have walked the edge of the abyss. I have seen your future, and I have learned!"
-''The image of Cortana suddenly turns a tinge of green, and clutches its head and writhes in pain.''
+''The image of Cortana suddenly turns a tinge of green. She clutches her head and writhes in pain.''
-*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(angrily)'' "''Submit''!'' End her torment and my own''!"
+*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(angrily)'' "''Submit''! ''End her torment and my own''!"
 ''The Chief enters the reactor room, passing by bones and skulls back at the entrance.''
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 *'''Cortana (Cortana Moment)''': ''(panicking, voice slightly distorted)'' "There will be no more sadness, no more anger, no more envy!" (''a reference to the three main stages of [[rampancy]].)''
-*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(enraged)'' "You ''will'' show me [[Activation Index|what she hides]]... or I shall feast upon your ''bones''!"
+*'''Gravemind (Gravemind Moment)''': ''(enraged)'' "You ''will'' show me [[Activation Index|what she hides]]...or I shall feast upon your ''bones''!"
 ''The Chief begins to reach the end of the hallway.''
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 *'''Cortana (Cortana Moment)''': ''(Speaking in a calm, distorted, monotone voice as though brainwashed. Her image is green.) ''"This is UNSC AI Serial Number CTN 0452-9. I am a monument to all your sins." ''(a reference to the Chief and Cortana's first meeting with the Gravemind)''
-''The Chief rushes to the end of the hallway, to find Cortana lying prone in a Stasis Shield in a center podium. The room resembles the Sanctum of the Hierarchs. He beats and bashes the shield until it finally fails.''
+''The Chief rushes to the end of the hallway, to find Cortana lying prone in a Stasis Field in a center podium. The room resembles the Sanctum of the Hierarchs. He beats and bashes the shield until it finally fails.''
 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eNMEbwG-j0 '''{''Cutscene''}''']
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 ''Cortana slowly gets up.&nbsp;As she does, she begins to glow more brightly, and the lines of code and equations once again begin to fall&nbsp;over her surface.&nbsp;She opens her palm and a hologram of the Index appears above it.''
-*'''Cortana''': "The [[Index|Activation Index]] from the [[Installation 04|first Halo ring]]. A little souvenir I hung onto... just in case. ''(she looks around)'' Got an escape plan?"
+*'''Cortana''': "The [[Index|Activation Index]] from the [[Installation 04|first Halo ring]]. A little souvenir I hung onto...just in case. ''(she looks around)'' Got an escape plan?"
 *'''Master Chief''': "Thought I'd try shooting my way out - mix things up a little."