: Which, ultimately, is a pretty universal theme, and one that Halo has been
: pretty clear on expressing. Once you strip away the order of the Covenant
: binding everything together, people started showing their true colors--and
: in the case of Elites, there were plenty who were willing to forsake some
: principles in exchange for recompense. It's easy to be a moral absolutist
: in the kind of war the Elites engaged in.

I guess they felt more alien early on and act too human now.