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''A Reflection of Osiris appears, pulsating yellow light.''
''A Reflection of Osiris appears, pulsating yellow light.''
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* '''Osiris' Reflection''': Sagira! You shouldn't be here. And you brought someone new with you.
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': Sagira! You shouldn't be here. And you brought someone new with you.
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* '''Sagira''': Who? Oh, him/her? Get this-- she's a friend of Ikora's.
* '''Sagira''': Who? Oh, him/her? Get this-- she's a friend of Ikora's.
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* '''Osiris''': Hrmph
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': Hrmph


''A path appears for the Guardian. There are many Reflections of Osiris here; splitting apart, speaking to one another.''
''A path appears for the Guardian. There are many Reflections of Osiris here; splitting apart, speaking to one another.''


* '''Osiris' Reflection''': Send word: Sagira has returned.
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': Send word: Sagira has returned.


''Many of the Reflections shudder and run, vanishing into thin air. Still the Guardian can hear Osiris' voice.''
''Many of the Reflections shudder and run, vanishing into thin air. Still the Guardian can hear Osiris' voice.''
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* '''Sagira''': Well guess what? He needs me.  
* '''Sagira''': Well guess what? He needs me.  
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* '''Oriris' Reflection''': New timelines are expanding. We must create Reflections to explore them. It's almost too late.  
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': New timelines are expanding. We must create Reflections to explore them. It's almost too late.  


''The Guardian continues to race along the curved pathways, deeper into the Forest.''
''The Guardian continues to race along the curved pathways, deeper into the Forest.''
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They approach a circle of Reflections.
They approach a circle of Reflections.


* '''Osiris' Reflection''': You cannot go to him, Sagira.
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': You cannot go to him, Sagira.
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* '''Sagira''': WHAT? What did he find? What's so bad that it could scare Osiris?
* '''Sagira''': WHAT? What did he find? What's so bad that it could scare Osiris?
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* '''Osiris' Reflection''': Behold-- The Infinite Forest! A planet-sized prediction engine, simulating trillions of realities in parallel, all geared toward a single Vex purpose.
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': Behold-- The Infinite Forest! A planet-sized prediction engine, simulating trillions of realities in parallel, all geared toward a single Vex purpose.


''New paths and platforms appear before the Guardian, sprawling across the open space. The Guardian begins on the path to be met by Vex forces.''  
''New paths and platforms appear before the Guardian, sprawling across the open space. The Guardian begins on the path to be met by Vex forces.''  
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''After fighting through several local simulations, the Guardian again approaches a Vex gateway.''
''After fighting through several local simulations, the Guardian again approaches a Vex gateway.''


* '''Osiris' Reflection''': First, I will show you where it all began.
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': First, I will show you where it all began.


''The Guardian passes through the gateway and into an unknown area.''
''The Guardian passes through the gateway and into an unknown area.''


* '''Osiris' Reflection''': Mercury, untold centuries ago, before the Vex arrived. Here the Vex planted a seed that became the Infinite Forest-- and its Mind, Panoptes. Panoptes has a single purpose-- to reshape reality for the Vex... and only the Vex. All this started with a single Vex. Will it end with the arrival of a single Guardian?
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': Mercury, untold centuries ago, before the Vex arrived. Here the Vex planted a seed that became the Infinite Forest-- and its Mind, Panoptes. Panoptes has a single purpose-- to reshape reality for the Vex... and only the Vex. All this started with a single Vex. Will it end with the arrival of a single Guardian?


''As the Reflection speaks, explosions in the distance bloom into Vex structures. The Reflection leads the way, in a sense, to the next small portal where the Guardian finds themselves in a hallway.''
''As the Reflection speaks, explosions in the distance bloom into Vex structures. The Reflection leads the way, in a sense, to the next small portal where the Guardian finds themselves in a hallway.''
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* '''Sagira''': Now I see why he's made so many new Reflections.  
* '''Sagira''': Now I see why he's made so many new Reflections.  
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* '''Osiris' Reflection''': Yes. We've tried, and failed, to prevent this outcome. Now only our best efforts only slow it. But you must see for yourself. Tell me Guardian. Where you there when the Traveler woke? A living Traveler changes everything. For good and bad. Now many things have been set in  motion. Osiris wrote the lost prophecies to warn other Guardians, and they sent him away. But you cannot exile the future.
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': Yes. We've tried, and failed, to prevent this outcome. Now only our best efforts only slow it. But you must see for yourself. Tell me Guardian. Where you there when the Traveler woke? A living Traveler changes everything. For good and bad. Now many things have been set in  motion. Osiris wrote the lost prophecies to warn other Guardians, and they sent him away. But you cannot exile the future.
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''While the Reflection speaks, several more local simulations open for the Guardian to traverse.''  
''While the Reflection speaks, several more local simulations open for the Guardian to traverse.''  


* '''Osiris' Reflection''': We must find and stop Panoptes, but none of us have discovered a timeline where we succeed. This is what it looks like when we fail. This is the future the Vex want.
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': We must find and stop Panoptes, but none of us have discovered a timeline where we succeed. This is what it looks like when we fail. This is the future the Vex want.


''The Guardian passes through another hall and into a gateway that takes them to a dark place in ruins.''
''The Guardian passes through another hall and into a gateway that takes them to a dark place in ruins.''
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* '''Sagira''': The Lighthouse! ... This is what Osiris saw.  
* '''Sagira''': The Lighthouse! ... This is what Osiris saw.  
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* '''Osiris' Reflections''': Neither Light nor Darkness exists anymore. The sun's warmth is gone. All life... lost. But that was before you. You are the key. You can stop this. Every timeline we've tracked leads to here. We must destroy Panoptes to prevent this dark future. Panoptes! He's found us!
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': Neither Light nor Darkness exists anymore. The sun's warmth is gone. All life... lost. But that was before you. You are the key. You can stop this. Every timeline we've tracked leads to here. We must destroy Panoptes to prevent this dark future. Panoptes! He's found us!
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''The area has become a no respawn zone and in the gaping whole where the Lighthouse wall once stood, comes a massive Vex Hydra with long arms.''  
''The area has become a no respawn zone and in the gaping whole where the Lighthouse wall once stood, comes a massive Vex Hydra with long arms.''  


* '''Osiris' Reflection''': Go! You're more important than any of us now!
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': Go! You're more important than any of us now!


''A large amount of enemies quickly overruns the area, beyond what the Guardian is capable of defeating alone.''
''A large amount of enemies quickly overruns the area, beyond what the Guardian is capable of defeating alone.''
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''The Guardian tries  to escape, ending up back in one of the long triangular hallways with the Reflection of Osiris' last words repeating.''
''The Guardian tries  to escape, ending up back in one of the long triangular hallways with the Reflection of Osiris' last words repeating.''


* '''Osiris' Reflection''': But that was before you. You are the key. You can stop this. Every timeline we've tracked leads to here. We must destroy Panoptes to prevent this dark future.
* '''Reflection of Osiris''': But that was before you. You are the key. You can stop this. Every timeline we've tracked leads to here. We must destroy Panoptes to prevent this dark future.
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* '''Sagira''': Ikora! You there?
* '''Sagira''': Ikora! You there?
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