There was no pause. Either the Forerunner had already considered similar parameters, or it was just so smart that there was no delay to its computation. "I know of several sites. One is a tropical island surrounded by hostile seas, which the natives avoid for reasons I cannot determine. The other is a more remote, mountainous region. Not a single individual of the various native equestrian races has been observed traveling towards this region of the planet. Based on calculations incorporating the—"