Time, Dr. Freeman? Is it really that... time again? It seems as if you only just arrived. You've done a great deal in a small time-span. You've done so well, in fact, that I've received some interesting offers for your services.

(G-Man picks something off of the frozen body of Alyx)

Ordinarily, I wouldn't contemplate them but these are extraordinary times.

(The world around Gordon fades away)

Rather than offer you the illusion of free choice, I will take the liberty of choosing for you... if and when your time comes round again. I do apologize for what must seem to you an arbitrary imposition, Dr. Freeman. I trust it will all make sense to you in the course of... well... I'm really not at liberty to say. In the meantime... this is where I get off.