2/23/2025, 4:04 AM
"So Solulfur has told me. I feel it a fair way to choose leadership. I have no desire to kneel to mortals-- but I can respect the will of a collective, and I can respect a leader that does not speak down to their followers." He pauses. "I am mortal now, too, I suppose. We are equal in that regard. Your leadership is meant more for organization than self-aggrandizing. Am I right to expect that?"
It doesn't occur to him that people would find his past insane. When he speaks, it is with utmost sincerity. "It is decreed that the universe would belong to the God-Emperor of Mankind. As Astartes, I was gifted a portion of his power. Chosen for it, even. The Black Templars journey the galaxy to cut down the aliens that would live upon the God-Emperor's lands." The gravitas in his voice speaks volumes of the sacred nature of his task.
(But in the back of his mind, he remembers the taste of iced tea on a hot summer day. The whispers of a demon.)
"Would I join you, I would protect your lands similarly. As Solulfur says we are on Holy Terra, we are safe within the God-Emperor's lands; a crusade would not be required, I do not think. Wolves are not man, but they are Of Terra. However, should alien filth show its face in the holy land, I would be required by law to kill it. Even now, in this body." He pauses. "I believe I have been called into retirement, in a new life. Even still. I do not know if you would ask me to die for your cause, but should you earn such loyalty, I would do so willingly."
(But by the God-Emperor or by Slaanesh?)
It doesn't occur to him that people would find his past insane. When he speaks, it is with utmost sincerity. "It is decreed that the universe would belong to the God-Emperor of Mankind. As Astartes, I was gifted a portion of his power. Chosen for it, even. The Black Templars journey the galaxy to cut down the aliens that would live upon the God-Emperor's lands." The gravitas in his voice speaks volumes of the sacred nature of his task.
(But in the back of his mind, he remembers the taste of iced tea on a hot summer day. The whispers of a demon.)
"Would I join you, I would protect your lands similarly. As Solulfur says we are on Holy Terra, we are safe within the God-Emperor's lands; a crusade would not be required, I do not think. Wolves are not man, but they are Of Terra. However, should alien filth show its face in the holy land, I would be required by law to kill it. Even now, in this body." He pauses. "I believe I have been called into retirement, in a new life. Even still. I do not know if you would ask me to die for your cause, but should you earn such loyalty, I would do so willingly."
(But by the God-Emperor or by Slaanesh?)
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