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After their handshake had concluded, Arxus retracted his hand and lowered it upon his other, still placed at the top of his Gjallarhorn. He stared up towards the looming Varrus as he began to speak in reply. "I'm not much of a Crucible person. My area of expertise involves leading solo strike forces through hostile terrain, often taking days or even months to track particular targets. I'm basically the trailblazer; clearing the way so the rest of the forces can move in and clean up an area. Maybe someday I'll share that time I helped purge Old Seattle from the House of Veils." Arxus wasn't much of a person to share stories, and he wouldn't have the time soon.

He tapped the side of his rocket launcher. "Every mission I've been on, she's been by my side. Gjallarhorn is a force to be reckoned with, and maybe someday I'll tell her story too." After Karak fell down and interrupted their talk, Arxus stopped speaking entirely. He didn't aim from reflex, rather retaining his previous stature. Karak passed Arxus a small data drive; he recognized the model to belong to an Exo's memory banks. "Is this Sauron's?" The Titan was beckoned to investigate, and he did. Heaving Gjallarhorn onto his back, Arxus arose from his seat and approached the main console. He slipped the memory drive in and feedback began to play.

What was played proved to be pretty normal at first. It showed Sauron being apprehended by an unknown Hive knight, presumedly somewhere on the derelict Ketch. After the knight began to torture Sauron, everything spiraled out of control from there. Horrifying images flashes, showing several of the fireteam members as walking corpses, bloodied and disfigured. A dark version of Avgust constantly taunted the Exo, with everyone else just out of reach. Nightmare after nightmare continued, the scenes growing worse and worse until Sauron had finally had enough. He lost it beginning with almost choking out Scythe, and then a last gunshot to signal the end of the feedback. The gunshot went without explaination.

Arxus seemed speechless. He knew Sauron was unstable, but everything he saw was beyond words. No wonder he had so little faith in Avgust. What did it all mean, though? With the corpses of the fireteam and bodies piling up, and the figure using pre-Collapse gear; it couldn't be explained by anyone other than Sauron. He was dead now, because of this insanity trip. Part of him was happy that they had blown the Ketch to pieces. Another part of him wondered what exactly happened to Sauron. The nightmares seemed so real. Arxus was only able to utter one phrase from his mouth; "What the fuck was all that..."