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Prepare for unforeseen consequences.
— Half-Life 2: Episode Two · 2007
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A threat, a warning and a cliffhanger in five words, from a character who never says anything plainly. It reads as the G-Man's rule of the universe: every favour has a price. Because Episode Two ends on Eli's death and no sequel followed, the line became the marker for Half-Life's unfinished business, and fans still say it with a hollow laugh.
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In context
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At the end of Half-Life 2: Episode Two, the wounded Alyx Vance is being healed by Vortigaunts. Because they are busy, the G-Man is able to reach Gordon Freeman in one of his dream-like sequences. He tells Gordon to escort Alyx to White Forest, then whispers into her ear a message for her father: prepare for unforeseen consequences. When Alyx passes it on to Eli, he is visibly shaken, sends her off to make tea, and a short while later an Advisor kills him.
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- Combine OverWiki: G-ManHalf-Life 2: Episode Two sectionReference checked
- Combine OverWiki: Eli VanceEpisode Two endingReference checked
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