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Phi smiled awkwardly.
The young Primarch had been gone for a week tour of the Civilian industry Guilds. Quite alluring, though he missed his old mentor comment, he would rather die than admit it openly.
Kin Society was not exactly fond of explicit sentimentalism, the tough hardened men and women that composed it were not exactly demonstrative in their manifestation of affection.
Undeniably however they were warm-hearted enough, speaking mostly shoulder to shoulder instead of face to face. A people of few words and of many deeds. His people. Karak -Ankor-Zul, A wealthy Bastion of highly technological that had dampened bitter waters of misfortune thrown at them, and yet they survived.
Phi thought "they" was not appropriate, we survived, after all he was one of them. Whilst a single Kin draws breath, we will fight the evils that assail us, and we will never, ever give up.
Anyway, Master Thadic, which breath reeked nutritive alcohol was still there waiting for an answer.
"How far have you gotten with your studies?"
"Almost done Master Thadic, I have reviewed most of the civil engineering books available here and have read some of the more obscure ones."
"Good, I'm glad you found some use for those useless texts. You can stop studying now and focus on the other thing."
"What do you mean Master Thadic ?"
"That's right, I want you to make me a suit of power armor, something that will help us defeat that beast."
A bunch of Hatchlayers, filthy beasts dangerous enough by themselves have been found dead recently in the exterior tunnels and something had prey upon them. Possibly an ancient predator or a Bio-Construct strong enough to rip and tear even seasoned hunters equipped with mighty Bolter, that ironkins had failed to track down. They had named it the Tunnel Doom or according to others the Crystal Dragon.
It has been described lethally sharp, enlarged teeth protruding from their top jaw as well as a natural armored skin that is able to patch itself and shift where needed. It was reputed possessing an almost unworldly intelligence and seem to enjoy causing suffering to intelligent being as well as it had been able to find and target weak points in the surveillance drone system .
Phi intended to climb the political ladder and make connections with the Hunter & Bio guilds, could it be a worthy opportunity? He took a large gulp of the strong nutritive alcoholised beverage, which could have killed a lesser man.
Thankfully he was not human, not entirely, nor were his fellow drinkers.
As he swallowed, he noticed the card game between the engineer’s guild members. a tactical game, about military tactics and benefits calculation. Very Kin indeed. The man in black had won twice out of five hands. Phi observed his face carefully, and saw the man smiling.
The engineers guild member was enjoying himself. He had obviously taken advantage of the situation to win money and gain social status among his peers.
