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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Halo Legends] Why didn't the Forerunners repopulate with their own stored DNA? Why restore the other alien races, but not themselves?
gpt
Essentially, they felt that they had failed in their duties to protect the galaxy, and they didnt deserve to continue as a species. Some Forerunners did survive the activation of the Rings, but most of them decided to leave the galaxy anyway.