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As TalOS reflected upon all this he began to hear footsteps. Those steps did not belong to UZ1 for TalOS did not want his apprentice to be tainted by such dangerous knowledge. It was not the Acillians for only the Steel Wardens were allowed to be present thanks to the sheer danger this project might cause. The fewer bodies there were, the weaker the Warp was, so TalOS went for his best guardians to limit that danger.
No, it was the feet of the person who he contacted.
“Primarch TalOS, it is an honor for both myself and House Lancaster to be within your presence today.” Declared the Navigator known as Lawrence Lancaster as he looked at the Primarch’s back.
TalOS made a show of his hand in instruction to the Psyker to take a seat. To say TalOS was wary of this person was an understatement beyond measure. The simple fact that TalOS needed to employ two of their kind was simply a contingency in case there was some matter of corruption or death caused by the Warp. TalOS had seen the records and while they did not have nearly as high of a mortality rate as the Astropaths their risk of death was still very much present.
Finally getting the last of his latest test prepared TalOS turned to see the small and somewhat famish man. Being a Tech Priest and Primarch TalOS towered over the rather meek person. This fact, and likely others, were the reason the psyker looked upon TalOS with several tinges of fear upon him.
TalOS noticed that while he felt it the man did not say it. He was not trying to hide it from what TalOS could tell, but attempting to overcome such feelings.
It was then, for a moment, TalOS realized something.
“My… apologies.” The Primarch said in a somewhat anguished tone as he reached over and picked several sticks of incense, “Do your kind mind?”
“If that is incense, my Lord Primarch, then it is acceptable. We use it many times in our own rituals.”
TalOS felt a bitter comment coming up before smashing it and banishing it to his Machine Spirits. His creator not only trusted these beings, but likely created a large amount of their families. Such a person, TalOS would lastly admit, was blessed by the Machine God with knowledge and thus his sponsorship should not be taken lightly.
That thought along with the present smell of incense started to calm him. He could feel the Machine Spirits agitation lapse and even the spirit of Particep Semper began to sleep once again. An ounce of trust was needed here for him to gain theirs.
