Yang and Master Chief confessions

Yang Xiao Long

So... I know this is going to sound completely insane.

Yang Xiao Long

I can't believe you're my son from an alternate future timeline.

Master Chief

What are we doing here in this graveyard?

Master Chief

(This woman claims to be my mother? My neural implants aren't detecting deception.)

Yang Xiao Long

It's because Blake died. She was killed by Salem.

Yang Xiao Long

Turns out, Salem was Summer Rose the whole time. My mother... your grandmother.

Master Chief

We want revenge. I understand that mission parameter.

Master Chief

But who was my father? Your explanation has tactical gaps.

Yang Xiao Long

I'm telling you, Sun. You know, Blake's former...

Yang Xiao Long

(This is so awkward to explain to my future son. How much should I reveal?)

Master Chief

That explains the enhanced reflexes. Spartans were built on lesser foundations.

Master Chief

When do we begin the operation against Summer Rose?

Yang Xiao Long

Right now. That's why I brought you here.

Yang Xiao Long

Wait... you actually believe me?

Master Chief

I've fought parasitic alien hiveminds and ancient forerunner constructs.

Master Chief

Time-traveling family reunions hardly register on my strange-encounter scale.