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Keyes observed helplessly as the form took over his body and attacked his mind. Originally, Keyes' body was a Combat Form, but the Flood, apparently realizing his importance, merged him and several other Combat Forms into a [[Proto-Gravemind]]. One of the tortures Keyes endured was having his memories ripped away one by one as the Flood tried to learn anything that would help attain new sources of food.<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 225-227</ref> The Flood hoped that his intelligence would help them to operate the crashed ''Truth and Reconciliation'' and escape the ring, but Keyes was able to fend it off by constantly accessing data that was permanently stored in his [[Command Neural Interface]], whilst feeding it memories that were not vital to the survival of humanity, such as his name, age and service number (though definitely not anything that could lead to the thought of the location of Earth).<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 253-254</ref> | Keyes observed helplessly as the form took over his body and attacked his mind. Originally, Keyes' body was a Combat Form, but the Flood, apparently realizing his importance, merged him and several other Combat Forms into a [[Proto-Gravemind]]. One of the tortures Keyes endured was having his memories ripped away one by one as the Flood tried to learn anything that would help attain new sources of food.<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 225-227</ref> The Flood hoped that his intelligence would help them to operate the crashed ''Truth and Reconciliation'' and escape the ring, but Keyes was able to fend it off by constantly accessing data that was permanently stored in his [[Command Neural Interface]], whilst feeding it memories that were not vital to the survival of humanity, such as his name, age and service number (though definitely not anything that could lead to the thought of the location of Earth).<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 253-254</ref> | ||
However, before Keyes succumbed to the overwhelming pressure, the Master Chief boarded the ship once again looking for Keyes and found only the Proto-Gravemind form. The Captain was able to contact the Chief three times before the Proto-Gravemind fully overwhelmed him.<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 290, 303 and 305-306</ref> Keyes' life officially ended when the Chief punched through his skull to retrieve his Command Neural Interface after his mind had been absorbed by the Flood infection, with Cortana stating that " | However, before Keyes succumbed to the overwhelming pressure, the Master Chief boarded the ship once again looking for Keyes and found only the Proto-Gravemind form. The Captain was able to contact the Chief three times before the Proto-Gravemind fully overwhelmed him.<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]]'', pages 290, 303 and 305-306</ref> Keyes' life officially ended when the Chief punched through his skull to retrieve his Command Neural Interface after his mind had been absorbed by the Flood infection, with Cortana stating that "he knew that this was what he wanted".<ref>''[[Halo: The Flood]], page 306</ref> His Command Neural Interface enabled Master Chief and Cortana to start up the ''Pillar of Autumn's'' engines so they could destroy the Halo ring by overloading and exploding. | ||
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