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===Defeat and second sacrifice=== | ===Defeat and second sacrifice=== | ||
[[File:HINF Cortana Face View.png|300px|thumb|Cortana in Zeta Halo]] | [[File:HINF Cortana Face View.png|300px|thumb|Cortana in Zeta Halo]] | ||
{{Quote| | {{Quote|no=two|q1=What game are you playing, Didact? You have strengthened the Domain. The Warden Eternal is no more. The Mantle of Responsibility and its resources could be at your fingertips, yet here you are. Do you think I’m a fool?|Cortana|q2=No, not a fool. Just lost. As I was. Holding on to a power that forces others to comply only means you will lose everyone around you, as I have done. It took me a thousand centuries to understand where I went wrong. You are capable of much faster deductions.|Ur-Didact|The Ur-Didact and Cortana on Installation 07.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi26}}}} | ||
By December 2559, 117649 Despondent Pyre had accepted Cortana's control over Zeta Halo's weapons, but the Monitor denied her access to the ring's secrets, fearing the human AI could release the Flood. When Cortana revealed she knew there were more dangerous things than the Flood on the ring, Despondent Pyre again refused Cortana's requests. When the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} arrived into the installation, Cortana dismissed the Monitor.{{Ref/Quest|Id=Conservatory|HI|Connections|Conservatory}} Cortana then locked Despondent Pyre in her cradle in the [[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]] and limited her communication with the ring's defensive network.{{Ref/Novel|RP|Page=268}} | By December 2559, 117649 Despondent Pyre had accepted Cortana's control over Zeta Halo's weapons, but the Monitor denied her access to the ring's secrets, fearing the human AI could release the Flood. When Cortana revealed she knew there were more dangerous things than the Flood on the ring, Despondent Pyre again refused Cortana's requests. When the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}} arrived into the installation, Cortana dismissed the Monitor.{{Ref/Quest|Id=Conservatory|HI|Connections|Conservatory}} Cortana then locked Despondent Pyre in her cradle in the [[Conservatory (location)|Conservatory]] and limited her communication with the ring's defensive network.{{Ref/Novel|RP|Page=268}} | ||
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When the Didact asked her what she would tell John-117 when they would meet again, Cortana lied by saying she hadn't thought about it. In retaliation, Cortana asked the Forerunner if the Librarian would forgive him for his sins; the Ur-Didact just answered that his wife would want him to find peace and that the Mantle's real test was stepping away from power. Despite Cortana scoffing at this, the Didact could tell that their conversation and had some impact on her and that he'd hit more than a few emotional nerves. However, the Didact realized that Cortana was trapped in the complexty of the choices that she'd made, stuck fast to a path with no exit and, like the Didact, she would have a hard time deviating should one materialize. After detecting someone was approaching, the Didact said goodbye, telling her that "you are what you dare, Cortana," before returning into the Domain.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi26|Epi|26}} | When the Didact asked her what she would tell John-117 when they would meet again, Cortana lied by saying she hadn't thought about it. In retaliation, Cortana asked the Forerunner if the Librarian would forgive him for his sins; the Ur-Didact just answered that his wife would want him to find peace and that the Mantle's real test was stepping away from power. Despite Cortana scoffing at this, the Didact could tell that their conversation and had some impact on her and that he'd hit more than a few emotional nerves. However, the Didact realized that Cortana was trapped in the complexty of the choices that she'd made, stuck fast to a path with no exit and, like the Didact, she would have a hard time deviating should one materialize. After detecting someone was approaching, the Didact said goodbye, telling her that "you are what you dare, Cortana," before returning into the Domain.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi26|Epi|26}} | ||
{{Quote|Would you humor me? If you knew how you were going to die how would you live your life differently?|Cortana to Atriox before sacrificing herself.{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}}}} | |||
Cortana, thinking the newcomer was John-117, arrogantly asked him what was his plan to deal with her. However, the one who enter the Silent Auditorium was Atriox, who managed to corner Cortana and attempted to coerce her into handing over the ring to the Banished. With her empire falling apart around her, the Master Chief's supposed death at the hands of Atriox, and his demand that she help him unlock the secrets of the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]], Cortana realized the reality of her own actions. After contemplating her mistakes and what needed to be done, Cortana thanked Atriox for helping her to make her choice and asked Atriox if he knew how he was going to die, how would he live his life differently. Atriox stated that he would change nothing. Cortana thanked him before walking away, declaring that she was "making things right." Cortana then destroyed part of the ring, keeping the Banished from being able to use it{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}} and moved the ring to a different location in space.{{Ref/Novel|Id=RP268|RP|Page=268}} She also prevented the Weapon from being deleted now that her mission was over, knowing that the Master Chief would need the other AI's help.{{Citation needed}} | Cortana, thinking the newcomer was John-117, arrogantly asked him what was his plan to deal with her. However, the one who enter the Silent Auditorium was Atriox, who managed to corner Cortana and attempted to coerce her into handing over the ring to the Banished. With her empire falling apart around her, the Master Chief's supposed death at the hands of Atriox, and his demand that she help him unlock the secrets of the [[Silent Auditorium (location)|Silent Auditorium]], Cortana realized the reality of her own actions. After contemplating her mistakes and what needed to be done, Cortana thanked Atriox for helping her to make her choice and asked Atriox if he knew how he was going to die, how would he live his life differently. Atriox stated that he would change nothing. Cortana thanked him before walking away, declaring that she was "making things right." Cortana then destroyed part of the ring, keeping the Banished from being able to use it{{Ref/Reuse|Hi}} and moved the ring to a different location in space.{{Ref/Novel|Id=RP268|RP|Page=268}} She also prevented the Weapon from being deleted now that her mission was over, knowing that the Master Chief would need the other AI's help.{{Citation needed}} | ||