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> Keith wrote:
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> Well, that's just what I assumed due to his tentacles and his green
> breath. He also says something along the lines of "circumstances made
> us enemies but fate will make us brothers" while talking to the Master
> Chief and the Arbiter.
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> I got the impression that at the beginning of the game, the only
> Sanghelli they were upset with was our boy, the Arbiter. It was the
> death of Regret, and the subsequent blame on the Elite Honor Guard, that
> caused the Elites to fall out of favor.
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> It could get very interesting. I don't know if the Flood is at all
> interested in coexistence with humans and Covenant, but I can see the
> human/Elite/Hunter/Grunt alliance being very interesting. Of course,
> there's no guarantees that the Hunters and Grunts are willing to walk
> away from the Covenant. Supporting your friends is one thing.
> Completely betraying your religion is another. Especially when you
> consider that all Elites are going to be branded as heretics after th
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> Bombadil? Benign? Not the word I would have chosen. Especially after
> reading some of Professor Tolkien's other works (Silmarilian, Tales
> of Middle Earth, etc.) that make me wonder if Tom isn't an Istar or a
> Maia or something.
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> It wouldn't surprise me to see the benevolent, mysterious, powerful
> Gravemind have an ulterior motive. Like the destruction of all
> non-Flood life. I think getting the Chief and the Arbiter to locate
> the index and prevent the destruction of the galaxy was purely out of
> self-interest.
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> Ummm... battlefield promotion? You always hear a lot of anecdotes
> about young officers moving up the ranks quickly when they're on the
> losing side of a war, as the humans have been for a while.