"In this our of victory, we taste only balls. I ask why. We are Forerunners, balls of all that exists. The balls of the galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the balls of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all balls blossom. And the impervious balls beneath which it has prospered. I stand before you. Accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner balls. Of attempting to save us from this fate where balls are forced to… recede… Humanity stands as the greatest balls in the galaxy. Refusing to eradicate them is a fool's balls. We squander eons in the darkness, while they seize our balls for their own. The Balls of Responsibility, for all things, belongs to Forerunners alone! Think of my balls as you will. But do not doubt the balls. The balls... have already begun."