1. Halo: Conversations from the Universe. It was a small booklet that came with the special edition of Halo 2. It contained a bunch of little lore tidbits. This is also where the Sharqoi that people were asking about for the longest time came from. 2.That was just on example of Elites not outright hating humans and wanting them exterminated. When he was revealed he was stated to be just one of the many human sympathizers, a movement that was described as a growing one at the time of his reveal. 3. The book switches perspectives several times. There are several sections in which the story is presented from the elites view. Majority opinion prior to kilo five was that humans were respectable due to their audacity and resolve. Notice how both in Halo 2 and 3 you never see Elites talk about humans with any hint of venom in their voice. 4. Mendez is a prime example. Someone who went along with the spartan program willingly and supported what they were doing 100% of the way and went on to train the disposable spartan 3s suddenly has the exact opposite views in Glasslands.