07/306 Overseer

One of two Forerunner artificial intelligences set to guard the Ares Labyrinth, the Overseer is a radical departure from previous AI's encountered. Rather than actively working to advance the goals of his creator, he-
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<\\> EMERGENCY MEASURE ALPHA-OMEGA SEVEN
<\\> PRIORITY RESPONSE TO CORE HAEMORRHAGE
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>> JD/907: THIS TERMINAL HAS BEEN SEIZED AND ITS RESOURCES DIVERTED TO 
SUPPORT CONTAINMENT EFFORTS<br>
>> JD/907: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CONVERSE WITH PREVIOUS OWNER.<br>
>> JD/907: MAINTAIN COMPOSURE AND ALERT STATUS DURING EMERGENCY EVENT<br>
>> JD/907: REPORT INFRACTIONS TO APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES<br>
>> JD/907: SERIOUS INFRACTIONS DURING EMERGENCY EVENT WILL BE DEALT WITH<br>
>> JD/907: CONTAINMENT MUST BE ENFORCED AT ALL COSTS<br>
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>> Unk Sndr {07/306}: <choose>
<option>Action is eloquence. </option>
<option>And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. </option>
<option>Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude. </option>
<option>Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till by broad spreading it disperses to naught. </option>
<option>How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees. </option>
<option>I am not bound to please thee with my answers. </option>
<option>I did never know so full a voice issue from so empty a heart: but the saying is true 'The empty vessel makes the greatest sound'. </option>
<option>I must be cruel only to be kind; Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind. </option>
<option>I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into mine ears as profitlessas water in a sieve. </option>
<option>In time we hate that which we often fear. </option>
<option>My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go. </option>
<option>Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie. </option>
<option>Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear. </option>
<option>See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect. </option>
<option>Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head. </option>
<option>The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords, in such a just and charitable war. </option>
<option>The trust I have is in mine innocence, and therefore am I bold and resolute. </option>
<option>Their understandingBegins to swell and the approaching tideWill shortly fill the reasonable shoresThat now lie foul and muddy. </option>
<option>Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause. </option>
<option>Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance. </option>
<option>When we are born, we cry, that we are comeTo this great stage of fools. </option>
<option>While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head. </option>
<option>You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense. </option>
<option>Lord, what fools these mortals be! </option>
<option>Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none. </option>
<option>No legacy is so rich as honesty. </option>
<option>The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show. </option>
<option>I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool. </option>
<option>True is it that we have seen better days. </option>
<option>All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts... </option>
<option>The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. </option>
<option>Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't. </option>
<option>Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel? Polonius: By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius: It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet: Or like a whale? Polonius: Very like a whale. </option>
<option>Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war. </option>
<option>How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown! </option>
<option>Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. </option>
<option>Oh, that way madness lies; let me shun that. </option>
<option>Pray you now, forget and forgive.</option>
<option>The attempt and not the deed Confounds us. </option>
<option>Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt. </option>
<option>Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. </option>
<option>Truth is truth To the end of reckoning. </option>
<option>Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. </option>
<option>I thank God I am as honest as any man living that is an old man and no honester than I. </option>
<option>Speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words. </option>
<option>I understand a fury in your words, But not the words. </option>
<option>Why, then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. </option>
<option>This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.... There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. </option>
<option>No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect. </option>
<option>Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. </option>
<option>Come not within the measure of my wrath. </option>
<option>How use doth breed a habit in a man! </option>
<option>Every man has his fault, and honesty is his. </option>
<option>Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. </option>
<option>The end crowns all, And that old common arbitrator, Time, Will one day end it.</option>
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