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| ''Cortana steps out of the bubble and vanishes. Cut to John, staring at where she was as the Didact's ship crumbles around him. Fade to white, then cut to black.'' | | ''Cortana steps out of the bubble and vanishes. Cut to John, staring at where she was as the Didact's ship crumbles around him. Fade to white, then cut to black.'' |
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| ''Cut the debris field left of the ''Mantle's Approach'', gradually coming into focus. Next cut to John, floating above Earth, not moving at all. A searchlight shines on John's body, who looks up slowly to see an approaching Pelican.''
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| *'''Pelican pilot (COM)''': "''Infinity'' Actual? Pelican Nine Sixer. We found him."
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| ''The Pelican's back door opens. Cut to aboard the'' Infinity, ''where SPARTAN-IVs and Marines stand in formation to await Master Chief. They turn and salute as John steps out of the Pelican.''
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| ''Establishing shot of the'' Infinity. ''Cut to John standing at a window, looking down at Earth below. Thomas Lasky comes from behind.''
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| *'''Lasky''': "Mind if I join you?"
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| *'''John-117''': (''turns to see him'') "Not at all, Sir."
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| *'''Lasky''': "At ease, Chief. It feels kind of odd for you to call me ''Sir''."
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| ''The two face out towards Earth''.
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| *'''Lasky''': "Beautiful, isn't she? I don't get to see her often enough. I grew up on [[New Harmony]]. Attended [[Corbulo Academy of Military Science|Corbulo Military Academy]]. Never saw Earth in person until I was an adult, but... I still think of her as home."
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| ''John says nothing. Lasky breaks their silence.''
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| *'''Lasky''': "You don't talk much, do you? (''John does not respond.'') Chief, I won't pretend to know how you feel. I've lost people I care about, but... never anything like you're going through."
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| *'''John-117''': "Our duty, as soldiers, is to protect humanity. Whatever the cost."
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| *'''Lasky''': "You say that like soldiers and humanity are two different things. Soldiers aren't machines. We're just people."
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| ''John turns to look at him, then turns back. He does not respond.''
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| *'''Lasky''': "I'll let you have the deck to yourself."
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| ''Lasky walks away. John looks to see him go.''
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| *'''John-117''': "[[Shutdown|She said that to me once]]. ...about being a machine."
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| ''John continues to watch Earth's surface.''
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| ''Cut to black. Credits roll.''
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
