Usually living by proxy is a luxury, makes her feel invincible. There's a rush in mapping the danger someone else has survived from behind a screen, but this? This is different. Even Overwatch's darker secrets don't stack up, and she can't help the shiver that threatens to creep up her spine at the sound of that voice.

"So if it's dead, and it failed, why's it here?"

There's a pointedness to the question, most of it revolving around Cortana herself rather than the nightmare: are you really over it?