"Ooh, it's been a while since I've seen such a simplistic parlor trick as the phase. I thought ikora would've discontinued teaching it, ahh well. But if you want to see something a bit more tantalizing, BEHOLD" at the snap of his fingers, kc altered reality and turned the control room into a astral projection of the void. Revealing the warlock. "Try not to be so presumptuous. I've been here most likely as long as you have." Kc said smugly. Even with that skull masking his face, his glare burned through. Hate resonating from his eyes. But for what? "You offer hope do you? Spoken like a child. We sealed our fate when we killed atheon, crota, skolas, and all their plebeians. There is no such thing as hope. We only fight and fight, die and die... Sometimes we don't come back" he uttered those last words with much weight. "There was once 8 major ai, and all the hundreds of subordinate ones as well. Now we only have one, and it hasn't really been on the best terms with us now hasn't it? I'm not afraid to kill you, you know? I'm sure you're not afraid to do the same. But think. You have committed quite the treasonous act against the vanguard. And I can attest they don't kindly to rouges. If you kill me you'd only make things worse. But I'm not unreasonable like that charlatan." He lowered his hand, and reality slowly reverted to it's residual state. "Give my ghost all files Rasputin holds on an entity known as 'delta'. Then shut down the defense grid. Afterwards, we can speak of our goals at my hide out. Though of course if you refuse you have two options. We fight, or..." Suddenly vanguard sirens begin to whale. "They can arrest us both. Maybe even exile, or execution. Your choice" kc aims bad juju with one arm, and with others holds out an arm to shake. "Tic toc" [spoiler]sorry it took too long to respond[/spoiler]