The Forerunner probe was not required to volunteer information. It was, however, required to answer direct questions, so long as doing so wasn't calculated to seriously impact the likelihood of mission success. What happened that was so disturbing you thought I shouldn't be told about it? she wondered. Was learning Eoch pointless? Are the aliens going to hate us no matter what we do, thanks to the mistake of people who died before I was even instanced? And then, in the darkest corner of her mind, she wondered something else. If the Forerunner can't be friends with Equestria, will it try to conquer it instead?