Saved.

It's not a concept Kat is used to. She's a SPARTAN-III, she's usually the one doing the saving. And yet, here she was. Only alive because you took a bullet for her. Well, a Kemuksuru shard, technically, fired from a Needler rifle. Same thing. You barely even knew her, and she hadn't exactly been nice to you.

"...This is stupid."

Here she was. Spending what little downtime she had between missions pacing outside your quarters, still in her Mark V Mjolnir armor. Her prosthetic arm hovers over your door, apprehensive.

Right until the door slides open.