(Sanghelios, State of Inanrar, six hours after meeting on High Charity)
After being gone from home for more than 2 years Ripa sat for awhile, embarrassing the beauty of sanghelios. He then looked to the sky. He saw the sunsets from the three suns filling the sky with glorious colors of red and green. He then looked to the stream that ran down close to his home, oh how it keeps its flow without disturbing anything around it. And lastly he looked to the tree that sat atop of the hill, of which he lived 15m (50ft) from the base of it. The tree perhaps shined the most beauty of them all. It's branches tilled and spiraled upward to the heavens. But the most admirable aspect of the tree was its color. In the first half of the year the tree was a whites pink and in the other half a darken purple. For the first in a long time Ripa felt truly relaxed. He wasn't sure why, refer it be his civilian clothes or the fact that he was home "By the ring's it just may as well be Aggie." Ripa said laughing to himself. Afterwords he got up from his chair and walked to the tree. As he got there he saw a small head stone that read, Rah 'Inanrar, a loving wife, may she find peace in the divine. Ripa sat on his knees and from his right pocket he reviled the small red rose that Sesa gave to him. And he laid it on top of other flowers he found from many worlds. "Don't know worry Rah." Ripa said with his hand on the trunk of the tree. "I have return like always. And I come with this flower, it reminded me of your beauty." Ripa said softly. The sangheili were a strong, proud race but as he said these things a tear appeared from his closed eyes. He then sighed as another tear fell from his face, hitting the rose. As time passed Ripa felt a presents. He looked back. It was Agatha dressed in traditionally sangheili robes that Ripa found in her size. She did not say a word she only laid her right hand on his shoulder. He did nothing but laid his hand on hers. There was nothing but silence for the next haft hour till Ripa broken the silence. "I wasn't there Agatha. I wasn't there when she needed me most. I promised her that I would be there and I was to late." The guilt overcame Ripa. Even to this day, 6 years after her death, he still felt lost. Aggie was speechless she could not comprehend this. She wished she could speak but she just stood there, frozen. She finally worked up the courage and sat by his side and laid her head on his shoulders till dusk.
As night came Ripa and Aggie sat in the house awaiting a dinner that Ripa prepare. It was a small, simple house. Most supreme commanders ,when given time away from their ships, lived in cites with huge house. But Ripa liked simple. As he got up from his seat and walk to his kitchen to find the food done. There was not much said at the dinner table but Ripa did ask if she like the fish he served. She did. As time passed the two began to show signs of exhaustion. "You seem tired Aggie. Do u wish for rest?" Ripa said. Agatha just nodded her head. "Follow me then." He told her. And so she follow Ripa into an empty room with a bed. Aggie got in the bed then laid her head down. As Ripa exited the room Aggie ask a question "May you tell me a story?" She asked with intent. Ripa look at her puzzled. " What do you mean?" Ripa asked. "My mommy, she..." She stop as Ripa noticed a tear in her eye. She then continued "She'd tell me stories before..." Ripa held up his hand and said. "Stop. I'll tell a story then, if it means so much to you." Ripa sat at her bed side and started his story. " This is the story of Oros 'Ziyomee and Fin 'Tuyokee. A long time ago, before the covenant, there was a great war. And when there was to be no end in site two heroes emerge from the darkness. They and their follower that called themselves the Averted of Incident were the one that put an end to the bloodshed. During the bloodies stage of the war, Oros and Fin came form the light and into the dark and spoke words that carries the weight of thousand. And then the battle stopped and there was nothing but silence. They then drew their swords and all dropped their weapons. And from that day forward they became the Lights of Sanghelios. The end." As Ripa finish he looked at Aggie, she was sound asleep. He got up from her side and left the room. Minutes passed till Ripa found himself in his bed. As he fell into his dreams he found something that he lost a long time ago. He didn't know what it was but he was sure that it was something important and it felt good
(High Charity)
Peace and Knowledge stared from their cambers at the endless space in front of them. "What are to do with the girl?" Ask Knowledge. "We wait." Replied Peace. " But you seen what she could do, not even our Huragoks could open the artifact! Then she comes along and it just opened to her! If she is what Ripa claimed to be she could start a revolt and dethrone us all! And you know as well as I that the sangheili, with the technology that we have given them, could destroy the covenant with ease!" Knowledge argue. "And what do you say do! Kill her! No! All of the covenant already knows of her!" Peace said as he crossed his hands together. "If we kill her there would be a revolt bigger than the one you speak of that would leave our race dead. So we wait and with time she could be used to our favor." Knowledge looked back to the endless void and said. "I hope your right for our shake."