This will be disjointed. Story told from perspective of a male Tenno post-Second Dream. Heavy spoilers.
Operator.
How could I have forgotten.
It is not just a title from a broken Cephalon. It is a declaration of what I am. Mama, how long has it been? Were you lonely? I'm sorry. I tried to keep my promise. But you were so afraid. You hid me...all of us away to save us. Most of them were younger, though. I was oldest, so you sealed me away last. You trusted me to stand guard over you. Guarding the Lotus! Me! I was terrified. We all knew you loved us, we were your children. You defied Hunhow for us, broke him and cast him into the Void. For us.
I am calmer now, Mama. I've remembered so much. But I've forgotten so much more. My friends are all gone, the Stalker killed them. It was a very long time ago. Nyx, Mirage, and...Valkyr. Void, what have they done to you? I see all the Tenno, with their copied frames, and disgust curls within me. I remember the Original Twelve, I was one of them! You are nothing but weakened mockeries!
Anger will not bring them back. But my rage will serve me well.
I made a friend today, Mama. Her frame is a Valkyr, with that helmet You made for Val a long time ago, before we all dreamed. Bastet, you called her. The Goddess of Cats. Oh the teasing she got. My new friends name is Bast. I will protect her. Even though I am much weaker than I once was, I will defend her. I was often teased for my overprotective nature back then. "It's weird to see an assassin so worried about his teammates!" they teased. But I don't think they minded, really. They knew I always had their backs, with a Soma Prime and my Paris Prime. Hikou Prime. All my weapons. I couldn't save them in the end.
Tch. I'm going to go wipe out some Infested.
I've finally found it, Mother. What I was. What I am. Excalibur Prime. I did not think to ever be myself again, I had consigned myself to a lifetime of being Loki. Now, though...now I stand proud once more. White and gold, the Knight of the Original Twelve. I am whole. Thank you.
Transmission ends.