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Osiris and Saint stood on a Tower platform overlooking one of the six paths into the City. The road beyond the wall still burned with scorching pits of blue flame.<\/p>\n

\u201cVanguard Commander Saint-14,\u201d said Osiris. \u201cWhat a ludicrous title.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Consensus wants a new leader in the wake of\u2026 all of this,\u201d Saint replied. He shook his head as he gestured at the destruction beyond the City limits. \u201cIt\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll serve them well,\u201d Osiris replied, manipulating a cube-shaped device into an array of smaller hexahedrons that floated between his fingers. Vex components, Saint thought.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut\u2026 I\u2019m afraid it\u2019s not a title I can keep.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osiris looked up.<\/p>\n

\u201cFather has plans for me,\u201d Saint continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiving up Commandership in one day? That\u2019s a record. So go. Be a Titan for the Speaker. After this madness, they will need you to rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI put the Titan aside for this mission. I\u2019m a soldier. There is\u2026 difficult work to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osiris narrowed his eyes. \u201cWhat has he asked you to do this time?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTake the fight to the Fallen. Seek them out beyond our borders, find them wherever they are. Strike first and hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is precisely what I mean when I say the Speaker likes to lead you astray,\u201d Osiris muttered to his cubes.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou would not say that if you saw what the Fallen have done to our people out there. You\u2019ve forgotten how to see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Fallen are not so different from us. How hard would you fight if the Light were taken from you?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThose stories ring false to me,\u201d said Saint. \u201cThey are not a noble people. I\u2019ve fought them, and so have you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not fought them all,\u201d the Warlock replied, pulling his hands apart to create an intricate web of hovering cubes and points of light. \u201cThey are nothing, no threat\u2014not like the Vex. Not like the Darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saint stepped close enough to breathe  on Osiris. \u201cLook past the wall, brother. Are you blind?\u201d<\/p>\n

Osiris folded the device into his palm and met the Titan\u2019s gaze. \u201cYou know I\u2019m the only one watching the whole canvas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you\u2019ve lost sight of why we fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osiris turned away and tossed the cubes again to form a miniature constellation in the twilight sky. \u201cAs ex-Commander, you have the power to dictate a replacement, should you choose. Who\u2019s it going to be?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have recommended you for the position of Vanguard Commander.\u201d<\/p>\n

Osiris turned back. The cubes hung listless in the air.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to give me control over the databases? The Vaults? Jurisdiction over Owl Sector, access to the Last City grimoire?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want you to protect our people,\u201d Saint said. \u201cFor all our disagreements\u2014you\u2019re one of the few who can.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Warlock stared at the Titan with an unchanging expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t have the resources to do this twice,\u201d Saint continued. \u201cI fought representatives of every House across this conflict. It was a joint effort to exterminate us. If threat should come to the City ever again, you\u2019ll have to fight in my stead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI accept,\u201d Osiris said quickly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Osiris and Saint stood on a Tower platform overlooking one of the six paths into the City. The road beyond the wall still burned with scorching pits of blue flame. \u201cVanguard Commander Saint-14,\u201d said Osiris. \u201cWhat a ludicrous title.\u201d \u201cThe Consensus wants a new leader in the wake of\u2026 all of this,\u201d Saint replied. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bungie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}