There was suspicion mingled with the surprise in the look Mercury shot Cortana then. She wasn't used to an argument being resolved that quickly, that easily, anymore. (She almost wished it wasn't, that she had more reason to dislike the girl in front of her. She knew it was irrational.)
A part of her also knew Cortana was right. She didn't prefer that part.
She didn't know, anymore, how to talk about yes, let's get along or even yes, let's put this aside since John is here. So she said what she could, irrelevantly, shifting back to the earlier question without acknowledging that they were both standing down.
"I fought with the Master Chief in a place called Econtra," she said simply. Cortana, by now, should know that a bond made on the battlefield is a bond that can be remarkably strong. "However, that man in the cryo pod isn't the person I fought with, or you would have known that."
Quietly tucked amid the information was that tacit acknowledgment that Cortana would have known about whatever John experienced.
"You should start searching your databanks involving multiversal theory," she suggested dryly, and this time it wasn't to be superior herself. It was that the whole thing was crazy until you reviewed that information and then realized: it was possible.
as you said, it's a blue mirror. XD
A part of her also knew Cortana was right. She didn't prefer that part.
She didn't know, anymore, how to talk about yes, let's get along or even yes, let's put this aside since John is here. So she said what she could, irrelevantly, shifting back to the earlier question without acknowledging that they were both standing down.
"I fought with the Master Chief in a place called Econtra," she said simply. Cortana, by now, should know that a bond made on the battlefield is a bond that can be remarkably strong. "However, that man in the cryo pod isn't the person I fought with, or you would have known that."
Quietly tucked amid the information was that tacit acknowledgment that Cortana would have known about whatever John experienced.
"You should start searching your databanks involving multiversal theory," she suggested dryly, and this time it wasn't to be superior herself. It was that the whole thing was crazy until you reviewed that information and then realized: it was possible.