originally posted in:Mythic Members
The term "Forerunner" refers to the dominant society of species in the galaxy that had taken up the Mantle, not a specific species. At that point, 343 thought humans had taken up the Mantle, so to him, they were the new Forerunners. He was confused that such an advanced species wasn't aware of the purpose of the Halos; he couldn't fathom that their history had been so obscured.
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Not entirely true. We were still universally referred to as Reclaimers by Spark; he only ever directly called John a Forerunner on one occasion.