He turns his head. It was all part of something far too common of his world.

"Covenant Fleet's moving in."

He doesn't say that the fleet covering them got defeated. In this war, for all the victories Spartans achieved on the ground, it was something to be expected.

As the Pelican hovers near them, John steps in, and offers Ami a hand before the ship rises along with the Spartans, closing the hatch... and slowly revealing the skeletons of ships of the UNSC, drifting helplessly in space.