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'''Filial Devotion''' was a [[Forerunner]] who lived during the time of the [[Forerunner-Flood | '''Filial Devotion''' was a [[Forerunner]] who lived during the time of the [[Forerunner-Flood War]]. He wrote a letter to their father which was visible on the seventh [[Terminal/Halo 3|Terminal]] that [[John-117]] encountered on [[Installation 00]].<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 3|Seventh Terminal]]''</ref> | ||
==His letter== | |||
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[Father], | [Father], | ||
I hope this message finds you well and helps you understand my decision. Today I leave the only world I have ever called home, not for glory or [the anomalous desire to end another's life[?]] as you have [indicted]; but to [travel the path of demons[?]] to spare the hands of [another Father's son]. | I hope this message finds you well and helps you understand my decision. Today I leave the only world I have ever called home, not for glory or [the anomalous desire to end another's life[?]] as you have [indicted]; but to [travel the path of demons[?]] to spare the hands of [another Father's son]. | ||
"Had we acted sooner; had we acted more decisively..." | "Had we acted sooner; had we acted more decisively..." | ||
Living in the past is a luxury none of us can afford. We must learn from it, but we cannot live there. It is impossible to plan for the [now]--the present is ever fleeting. [The future] is where we must live--[the future] is what we must plan for. | Living in the past is a luxury none of us can afford. We must learn from it, but we cannot live there. It is impossible to plan for the [now]--the present is ever fleeting. [The future] is where we must live--[the future] is what we must plan for. | ||
I do not look to trade my life in order to preserve our past, but to secure the future--and if not ours, then the future of some [culture] yet to come. | I do not look to trade my life in order to preserve our past, but to secure the future--and if not ours, then the future of some [culture] yet to come. | ||
Isn't sacrifice in the interest of others what you always spoke of as being so noble? Should I have allowed another to bloody his hands while I remained safe behind a [shield of privilege]? | Isn't sacrifice in the interest of others what you always spoke of as being so noble? Should I have allowed another to bloody his hands while I remained safe behind a [shield of privilege]? | ||
You raised me better than that. | You raised me better than that. | ||
[Filial Devotion] | [Filial Devotion] | ||
[@_@;_%[?]] | [@_@;_%[?]] | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Filial Devotion can be translated into "dedication to one's son or daughter" which could possibly reflect on the relationship Filial Devotion's father had with his child. | *Filial Devotion can be translated into "dedication to one's son or daughter" which could possibly reflect on the relationship Filial Devotion's father had with his child. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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