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{{Quote|Exhausted as I am, the steadiness in Chief's voice focuses me. Steels me like nothing else. Because I know he's already three steps ahead.|Kelly-087}}<ref>''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'', ''[[On the Brink]]''</ref> | {{Quote|Exhausted as I am, the steadiness in Chief's voice focuses me. Steels me like nothing else. Because I know he's already three steps ahead.|Kelly-087}}<ref>''[[Halo: Tales from Slipspace]]'', ''[[On the Brink]]''</ref> | ||
[[File:H4FUD Kelly and John.png|thumb|right|350px|Kelly and John.]] | [[File:H4FUD Kelly and John.png|thumb|right|350px|Kelly and John.]] | ||
Kelly is | Kelly is John's closest friend and the longest one to have worked as part of a team with him.<ref name="HTFOR4">''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'', ''Chapter 4''</ref> After decades spent together, he knows her well enough to know when she is worried without even needing to see her face; just a tiny slump of her shoulders is enough.<ref>''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 32''</ref> Kelly is known to routinely make sarcastic jokes at John's expense, often teasing him about his looks, his intelligence, his awkwardness, his overprotectiveness, and his penchant for "hogging all the fun" during combat engagements.<ref name="HSS3">''[[Halo: Silent Storm]]'', ''Chapter 3''</ref><ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', ''Chapter 5''</ref><ref>''Halo: Silent Storm'', ''Chapter 8''</ref> John usually relies on Kelly to articulate sentiments he struggles to convey himself.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', ''Chapter 1''</ref> Kelly is a recurring subject of John's dreams.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFORTAS}}<ref name="HFORBC">''[[Halo: Fall of Reach]]'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Boot Camp|Boot Camp]]''</ref><ref name="HFORI">''Halo: Fall of Reach'', ''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]''</ref> | ||
John's relationship with Kelly began with him stealing crackers from her while she wasn't looking during their first day as trainees in the Spartan-II program.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} Later that day, the two were put on a team with [[Samuel-034]] based on three lines the children were instructed to form. Kelly was clearly unhappy to be grouped with John. She introduced herself after Sam did so first, but John said nothing to either and believed that she would slow down their team. As such, he raced ahead of his teammates during their first attempt at "[[Ring the Bell]]" and though he finished first, Sam and Kelly got stuck in a line as everyone bunched up at the end and were the last two to cross the finish line. This elicited a glare from Kelly, but John could only shrug. After learning that his team lost despite his early finish, however, John became furious with she and Sam, thinking of ways to get even with them for messing up his victory. He avoided both in the classroom the next day, but when the time came to play Ring the Bell once more Sam threatened to push him off of a raised platform if he didn't help them, with Kelly adding that she would jump on top of him. John agreed to work together as long as they didn't slow him down, and when Kelly pointed out that she was very fast he told her she could sprint ahead and hold a spot for them at a basket which would carry them to the bell. When she took off, John was struck that he had never seen anyone move like her, thinking her similar to [[Wikipedia:Wolf|wolve]]s he'd seen footage of, her feet seeming to barely touch the ground. And though their team only came in third this time, they worked together to make that happen and decided to be friends once they were finished.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} Around one year and ten months later, John, Kelly, and Sam were still a unit and he had come to think of the two of them, along with the seventy-two other trainees, as his family.<ref name="HTFOR5">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 5''</ref>During an exercise in [[Reach]]'s [[Highland Mountains]] in July of [[2519]] Kelly was the first to speak up when John asked for a rabbit, meaning someone fast who could be chased after to lure enemies to a location. Right before she could do just that as part of the plan John had concocted, he offered to be the rabbit instead, which earned him a slug on the shoulder for giving the impression that he doubted her. John, nursing his shoulder, took the suggestion back. A short time later, he didn't even ask when he needed someone to be the rabbit again; he just told Kelly the role was hers.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} | John's relationship with Kelly began with him stealing crackers from her while she wasn't looking during their first day as trainees in the Spartan-II program.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} Later that day, the two were put on a team with [[Samuel-034]] based on three lines the children were instructed to form. Kelly was clearly unhappy to be grouped with John. She introduced herself after Sam did so first, but John said nothing to either and believed that she would slow down their team. As such, he raced ahead of his teammates during their first attempt at "[[Ring the Bell]]" and though he finished first, Sam and Kelly got stuck in a line as everyone bunched up at the end and were the last two to cross the finish line. This elicited a glare from Kelly, but John could only shrug. After learning that his team lost despite his early finish, however, John became furious with she and Sam, thinking of ways to get even with them for messing up his victory. He avoided both in the classroom the next day, but when the time came to play Ring the Bell once more Sam threatened to push him off of a raised platform if he didn't help them, with Kelly adding that she would jump on top of him. John agreed to work together as long as they didn't slow him down, and when Kelly pointed out that she was very fast he told her she could sprint ahead and hold a spot for them at a basket which would carry them to the bell. When she took off, John was struck that he had never seen anyone move like her, thinking her similar to [[Wikipedia:Wolf|wolve]]s he'd seen footage of, her feet seeming to barely touch the ground. And though their team only came in third this time, they worked together to make that happen and decided to be friends once they were finished.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR4}} Around one year and ten months later, John, Kelly, and Sam were still a unit and he had come to think of the two of them, along with the seventy-two other trainees, as his family.<ref name="HTFOR5">''Halo: The Fall of Reach'', ''Chapter 5''</ref>During an exercise in [[Reach]]'s [[Highland Mountains]] in July of [[2519]] Kelly was the first to speak up when John asked for a rabbit, meaning someone fast who could be chased after to lure enemies to a location. Right before she could do just that as part of the plan John had concocted, he offered to be the rabbit instead, which earned him a slug on the shoulder for giving the impression that he doubted her. John, nursing his shoulder, took the suggestion back. A short time later, he didn't even ask when he needed someone to be the rabbit again; he just told Kelly the role was hers.{{Ref/Reuse|HTFOR5}} | ||