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The Gravemind appears to have the ability to sort and isolate memories from specific individuals that it has absorbed and has, in several instances, projected some of the personalities it contains to further its own goals. On Installation 05, it assimilated and reanimated the [[Prophet of Regret]], using him as a puppet in its attempt to convince [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] of the truth about the Halos.{{Ref/Reuse|h2gm}} During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a hundred thousand years earlier, it absorbed the family of [[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], and used their disillusionment toward the Master Builder to its advantage by taunting him with a message from his family.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 251''</ref> | The Gravemind appears to have the ability to sort and isolate memories from specific individuals that it has absorbed and has, in several instances, projected some of the personalities it contains to further its own goals. On Installation 05, it assimilated and reanimated the [[Prophet of Regret]], using him as a puppet in its attempt to convince [[Arbiter]] [[Thel 'Vadam]] of the truth about the Halos.{{Ref/Reuse|h2gm}} During the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], a hundred thousand years earlier, it absorbed the family of [[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], and used their disillusionment toward the Master Builder to its advantage by taunting him with a message from his family.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 251''</ref> | ||
Although it speaks with the deep voice of a bloke, the Gravemind does not appear to have a biological sex, as the Flood macro-organism does not reproduce sexually. Despite this, when the Gravemind referenced its shared goal with the Master Chief and the Arbiter to stop Installation 05 from firing, it spoke of the possibility of that goal making the three of them "brothers", indicating that it does in some fashion consider itself to be male. This may be a reflection of the nature of the [[Primordial]], the core Precursor consciousness that the Gravemind's personality appears to be built around. However, it is not known whether or not the Primordial was in fact male, or whether the Precursors possessed biological sexes at all. Additionally, Cortana viewed the Gravemind she encountered as male. She compared its attempts to assimilate her with the logic plague to a "bad date" being sexually intimidating, and described its violation of her in ways evocative of a rape. However, this comparison would appear to originate from Cortana's own psychology rather than indicating anything in particular about the Gravemind.<ref>''[[Human Weakness]]''</ref><ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', [[Cortana (Level)|Cortana]]</ref> | |||
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