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It was a royal blue

He pressed the button and at once a hologram appeared. Astonishingly, it was a human. Dark-skinned and wearing a white gown embroidered with brightly-colored geometric designs, the human figure appeared to be singing a song. A song, or perhaps a melodious language. If only Cortana was here, he thought. Making sure his helmet was recording the hologram, he let the message play for its whole length-a full ten minutes. Whatever it says, he thought. The Covenant must not get a hold of it. He grabbed the plasma pistol and, letting it overload, fired at the display. As it sizzled and melted, John ran to find a way out.

He found a twenty-foot silver oval-shaped structure apparently separate from the surroundings. A vehicle? He searched for some opening, finding instead a patch covered with the familiar symbols. As he stared, the symbols seemed to shift around on their own. He reached out his hand and traced the lines, making it clear in his vision. After tracing all the bars, he felt compelled to trace the other shapes. I shouldn’t be wasting time, he thought. But still, he continued. Eventually, the

“Language unknown,” the AI reported.

“It’s very unusual for a human language to be incomprehensible in this day and age,” she said, frowning.

“I said ‘unknown’, not ‘undecipherable’,” the AI responded. “However, I would need more samples of the target language.”

“We don’t have anymore,” he said simply.

“Then I shall do what I can,” it said.