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Osiris stood before a gate into the Infinite Forest.<\/p>\n

Two years ago, news had reached him that one of his oldest friends was dead. Saint had been missing for ages, but the Warlock had always assumed the Titan would turn up someday. He was wrong.<\/p>\n

He realized he was staring through a dormant gate frame and keyed a cubical device that hung at his belt to pry the doorway open.<\/p>\n

He couldn\u2019t save Saint from the Vex. But every day he stood vigil in the Infinite Forest to monitor simulations of the future based on their activity.<\/p>\n

Beyond the gate, a shimmering sea of data beckoned him.<\/p>\n

He stepped through, into the white maw of an Infinite Forest debug chamber.<\/p>\n

\u201cStart it up, Sagira,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSure you don\u2019t want to take a break today?\u201d she asked, unfolding above him like a crown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Vex won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

She considered it a moment, then the Forest shimmered around them and the white maw dimmed to half-darknes<\/p>\n

Then pitch black. <\/p>\n

The floor fell away, and Osiris\u2019s Light held him aloft, sheathed him in a thin veneer of armor.<\/p>\n

Nothing moved. The Warlock frowned, lit a Solar spark and held it up. It illuminated nothing around him. \u201cDid something go wrong with the sequence?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI just triple-checked. No,\u201d she replied. \u201cThis is it. This is the simulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

He keyed his radio.<\/p>\n

 \u201cGo ahead, Osiris,\u201d Ikora said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s happening out there?\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake your pick. We\u2019re at war on the Moon again. The Vex attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe retaliated. The Undying Mind is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA plan. And mutual friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mutual friends just changed all projected futures in the Infinite Forest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t sound happy about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

 \u201cI\u2019ll be in touch.\u201d He cut the transmission. \u201cWhere are we?\u201d he asked Sagira.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere we always are. Simulated Mercury.\u201d<\/p>\n

He couldn\u2019t even see stars.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow far does this void reach?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the way to the Traveler, for all I know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTake us there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osiris knew the simulation moved around him, but the typical shimmer of the Forest was gone. There was nothing to see.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here,\u201d she confirmed, as he found gravelly purchase under his boots. He had never heard her sound so unsure of herself.<\/p>\n

It was brighter here at the top of a windswept dune, but barely. He couldn\u2019t see the sun in the purple twilight that hung above him. The breeze roared in his ears.<\/p>\n

The sphere of the Traveler was gone. In its place, an obsidian monolith at least twice the size dominated the sky. In the Last City\u2019s place was a swirling dust storm, tinged purple by the dying light.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen does this happen?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Forest predictions give a window of two or three decades, depending on a multitude of variables. With a not-insignificant chance for acceleration based on specific elements.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat elements?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cActions of mutual friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKill the simulation. Get me to Mercury.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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