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===Post-war investigation===
===Post-war investigation===
[[File:Sully Letter.jpg|thumb|275px|ONI's letter commissioning Giraud to write a bio on John-117.]]
{{Quote|When I pulled that first loose thread, something broke. Now everything is caving in and I find myself stuck with all these ugly questions, questions I never intended to ask. Fabricated histories? People who aren't who they say they are? Cover-ups of cover-ups? That steady drumbeat of theories that used to sound insane, now they don't seem so '"out there". And these disturbing rumors, reports of anomalies. Something big is happening in deep space, and I can't even corroborate a single fact about one man's life. It's clear to me now. I can't fix the pretty story, but maybe I can break the ugly one.|Benjamin Giraud on his investigation of [[John-117]].}}
{{Quote|When I pulled that first loose thread, something broke. Now everything is caving in and I find myself stuck with all these ugly questions, questions I never intended to ask. Fabricated histories? People who aren't who they say they are? Cover-ups of cover-ups? That steady drumbeat of theories that used to sound insane, now they don't seem so '"out there". And these disturbing rumors, reports of anomalies. Something big is happening in deep space, and I can't even corroborate a single fact about one man's life. It's clear to me now. I can't fix the pretty story, but maybe I can break the ugly one.|Benjamin Giraud on his investigation of [[John-117]].}}


Giraud was eventually able to find a way out of New Mombasa before the city was [[Glassing|glassed]]. By [[2558]] he was hired by [[Michael Sullivan]] to write an in-depth profile on the Master Chief. Giraud eagerly accepted the offer, and spoke with several people who claimed to know the soldier. As he accumulated the information, though, Giraud started to sense something was off and began finding hints of coverups. The data he received was leading him to a story not as inspiring nor heroic as the "blockbuster hero biography" he'd been intending to write. Giraud, uncertain about the veracity of his data, resolved to establish the truth and perhaps discredit the dark rumors associated with John-117.<ref name="htt"/>
Giraud was eventually able to find a way out of New Mombasa before the city was [[Glassing|glassed]]. By [[2558]] he was hired by ONI's Senior Communications Director [[Michael Sullivan]] to write an in-depth profile on the Master Chief. Giraud eagerly accepted the offer, and spoke with several people who claimed to know the soldier. As he accumulated the information, though, Giraud started to sense something was off and began finding hints of coverups. The data he received was leading him to a story not as inspiring nor heroic as the "blockbuster hero biography" he'd been intending to write. Giraud, uncertain about the veracity of his data, resolved to establish the truth and perhaps discredit the dark rumors associated with John-117.<ref name="htt"/>
 
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==Personality and traits==
==Personality and traits==