Right, they ARE totally bizarre! Which, IMO, makes it surreal to the reader already familiar with Halo and thus a direct bridge into the absurdity the character is experiencing! Genius! :)

I've actually grown to like Second Sunrise MORE and more as time as gone on. I can't remember half of Ghosts of Onyx (not that I didn't like it - I worked on a comic adaption of it!), but I still remember EVERY panel of Sunrise. I'm inspired just thinking about it.