Mr Vociferous said:Concerning the Flood from the Infinite Succor, it's an interesting situation and I've discussed this with some of you guys before. I've always been under the impression that the Flood came from sentient hosts and my definition of "sentient" dealt with the ability for the host to think and reason at one time.
well, that's not what 'sentient' means -- it just refers to a capacity to think or feel. dogs are clearly sentient. but i remember some dialogue snippet from one of the halo games about suitable hosts for the flood -- there was definitely something about body mass, but i don't know if anything was said about intelligence.