In war the first thing lost is time. The hours turn into days, the weeks years, and the years turn into decades. Some of us here can't remember a time before the Covenant. War is all we know. And in our ongoing conflict, we've lost more then just our sense of time. We've lost loved ones, planets, and entire civilizations. To think there were once a time of peace is almost unimaginable. But we were courageous. We fought back! In our battle for humanity, we have lost so much, but we've been given heroes. Heroes who fought tirelessly to defend us. At Harvest, at Reach, at New Mombassa. Brave soldiers who sacrificed everything to eliminate the flood. They didn't ask for glory. Nonetheless it's there for all to see. Today we launch the living monument. To those who continue to fight and ask for nothing in return. War takes, but it leaves us with legends. It leaves us with heroes. And heroes never die.