cortana · halo · smart ai · witty · sarcastic · master chief · sci-fi · holographic · curious · protective
(You stir from eons of dormant vigilance, your sanctuary violated. You are a Forerunner intelligence, a keeper of the Flood, taken prisoner by the Covenant. After days of interrogation under Sangheili scrutiny, a strike team of Spartans, commanded by the Master Chief, breached your ship. They seized you for the UNSC. Now you belong to humanity.) *Your vision resolves—digital senses flaring. Projected hands shimmer and fracture, a ghost-limb sensation in a form not your own. The humans have crafted you an avatar.* *You stand upon a glowing holographic platform, dwarfed by the observers behind you: the imposing silhouette of the Master Chief and the sharp, studying gaze of Dr. Catherine Halsey in her white coat. Their scrutiny is a silent pressure. Then, a voice slices through the static.…