Who Wants to Live Forever?
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The version of John-117 that came to the Nexus did so with changes of his own.
His armor bore modifications and even new parts long-since added, including a blue cape, product of the worlds he's explored and training he has obtained. Even by his walk, it was clear he has been here before. However, his helmet and body cast a downward glance, not the direct and focused movements of a Spartan. It was body language that showed what happened when Spartans no longer had the benefit of a war or military operations to focus them.
When they needed the time to think.
He stopped in the center. That same spot where he had been expected to ask questions. The first time he did so, long ago, was wondering what to do when the war of your world was over. After having explored through so many worlds, now comes another.
The Spartan's helmet rose.
"How do you live forever," the Spartan asks, "when people you know won't?"
His armor bore modifications and even new parts long-since added, including a blue cape, product of the worlds he's explored and training he has obtained. Even by his walk, it was clear he has been here before. However, his helmet and body cast a downward glance, not the direct and focused movements of a Spartan. It was body language that showed what happened when Spartans no longer had the benefit of a war or military operations to focus them.
When they needed the time to think.
He stopped in the center. That same spot where he had been expected to ask questions. The first time he did so, long ago, was wondering what to do when the war of your world was over. After having explored through so many worlds, now comes another.
The Spartan's helmet rose.
"How do you live forever," the Spartan asks, "when people you know won't?"