Halo: Amicitia Dictata

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PEACE TREATIES AREN’T BROKERED BETWEEN COUNTRIES OR NEGOTIATED BETWEEN WORLDS. THEY HAPPEN BECAUSE TWO INDIVIDUALS CAN TALK TO ONE ANOTHER. I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH THE ARBITER. AND I BELIEVE HE CAN DO BUSINESS WITH ME.

(ADMIRAL TERRENCE HOOD, FLEET ADMIRAL OF THE UNSC, ON MAKING PEACE WITH THE SANGHEILI. EXCERPT FROM HALO: GLASSLANDS.)