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It is also known to be quite manipulative: during the [[Battle of Installation 05]], the Gravemind tricked the Chief into being a decoy to distract the [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] as it attempted to take over ''High Charity'', and later during the [[Battle of the Citadel]], it helped the Master Chief and the Arbiter to kill the [[Prophet of Truth]], only to betray them when they had outlived their usefulness. | It is also known to be quite manipulative: during the [[Battle of Installation 05]], the Gravemind tricked the Chief into being a decoy to distract the [[Hierarchs|High Prophets]] as it attempted to take over ''High Charity'', and later during the [[Battle of the Citadel]], it helped the Master Chief and the Arbiter to kill the [[Prophet of Truth]], only to betray them when they had outlived their usefulness. | ||
The Gravemind often touts to others that the Flood represents peace and salvation. At the same time, however, it is very much aware of the pain and suffering its victims are subjected to. It sees this as fair retribution for the Forerunners' crimes against its Precursor ancestors. According to the Gravemind, the Flood, down to its very nature and the suffering it inflicts, serves as an appropriate reflection and reminder of the pain that the Precursors ultimately brought on themselves by giving their creations free will; it considers itself a "monument" to the sins of other sentient beings. It regards the Flood as a continuation of the Precursors' desire to create life, but unlike before, the life they bring forth would no longer possess free will or individuality. Embittered by the Forerunners' rebellion, the Gravemind saw the Flood as a means to unite all life | The Gravemind often touts to others that the Flood represents peace and salvation. At the same time, however, it is very much aware of the pain and suffering its victims are subjected to. It sees this as fair retribution for the Forerunners' crimes against its Precursor ancestors. According to the Gravemind, the Flood, down to its very nature and the suffering it inflicts, serves as an appropriate reflection and reminder of the pain that the Precursors ultimately brought on themselves by giving their creations free will; it considers itself a "monument" to the sins of other sentient beings. It regards the Flood as a continuation of the Precursors' desire to create life, but unlike before, the life they bring forth would no longer possess free will or individuality. Embittered by the Forerunners' rebellion, the Gravemind saw the Flood as a means to unite all life in eternal misery so that it could never hope to rise against the Precursors again.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 173-175''</ref> | ||
The Gravemind appears to have the ability to sort and isolate memories from specific individuals that it has absorbed and has, in several instances, projected some of the personalities it contains to further its own goals. On Installation 05, it assimilated and reanimated the [[Prophet of Regret]], using him as a puppet in its attempt to convince [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] of the truth about the Halos.{{Ref/Reuse|h2gm}} During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a hundred thousand years earlier, it absorbed the family of [[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], and used their disillusionment toward the Master Builder to its advantage by taunting him with a message from his family.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 251''</ref> | The Gravemind appears to have the ability to sort and isolate memories from specific individuals that it has absorbed and has, in several instances, projected some of the personalities it contains to further its own goals. On Installation 05, it assimilated and reanimated the [[Prophet of Regret]], using him as a puppet in its attempt to convince [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] of the truth about the Halos.{{Ref/Reuse|h2gm}} During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a hundred thousand years earlier, it absorbed the family of [[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], and used their disillusionment toward the Master Builder to its advantage by taunting him with a message from his family.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 251''</ref> | ||