I was going to say that. Guess I didn't get it typed.

"Human Weakness" is quite possibly the best thing Traviss has ever written, and is one of Halo's better character stories. If Necrotana turns out to be Cortana controlled by the Gravemind, I'll be thoroughly disappointed.

: I agree about the Didact too - I've never been a fan of how he was handled in
: the game from his design to his Bond villain writing, but at least he had
: buildup and an understandable backstory for why he behaves the way he does
: (admittedly the latter came in half a year late, but still). I'd never
: have thought I'd long for the days when the Didact was the big bad, but
: when this was the alternative, well...

: Really, though, when was it that Forerunner AIs started talking like the
: Covenant? *Recalls the juxtaposition between Penitent Tangent's technical
: jargon and Regret's religious rhetoric for the same thing*

I dunno. The assumption seems to be that, because they're ancient, these advanced alien races must speak in baroque Shakespearian dialog. The hammier and cheesier, the better.