Just a bit of headcanon on my part to avoid going nuts myself, because I know we're stuck with the Prometheans looking like this whether we like it or not. It's just like how I consider both Reach and 343i-era Halo to be in their own separate continuities from the original trilogy (and ODST). It's the only way they can make any sense. I'm not saying it's an ideal explanation or even a desirable one, and I cared neither for Bungie's loose treatment of canon in Reach nor for 343i's radical shifts in art design, but it is what it is.
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