If a Spartan managed to get married and start a family, I doubt John-117 is incapable of doing the same. Sure, there could be hundreds of reasons of why Maria managed to start a family while the rest of the Spartans were forced to fight the Human-Covenant war. It's a wild guess, I know, but to me, that segment of the Graphic Novel was meant to show that there's more than an endless war in their lives, and a Spartan is able to move on. Not really fond of the idea that Master Chief [b]MUST[/b] die. Heck, that argument lacks of depth if I have to be honest, do they think that killing the Chief will stop Microsoft from milking the franchise? That they have a code of honor that once the Chief dies the Halo franchise will die with him? Give me a break. [Edited on 10.19.2012 9:35 PM PDT]