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“Flattery will not work for you.” The Iron Warrior told his brother with annoyance on the outside and embarrassment on the inside, “I do not wish to tell you.”
Going at his brother from the front did not work as TalOS understood. Neither was giving him a piece of expression able to get him to answer. Right now TalOS was too curious for his own good and so he decided to try one last tactic.
“You bring a tear to my eye brother.” TalOS faint as a joke to Perturabo, “Would you be willing to at least eat some of my Mother’s Corpse Starch, or will that be too much as well?”
Perturabo looked annoyed at TalOS as he realized that he played his cards wrong. Maybe he also thought that holding back that information would be enough to harm their relationship. Really TalOS did not care but he wanted something.
His brother admitted, “When I was in my Father’s Court, one of the neighboring tyrants attempted to kill me with a poisoned cask of wine, disguised as a gift. Is that enough for you?” The annoyance was cooked well into his voice and the embarrassment was clear as day.
Such an answer was well within parameters TalOS guessed but hearing it was much worse than simply guessing. Seeing as no response was more rude then speaking TalOS gave his thought, “How young were you?”
“Does it matter?”
“When we are young things happen that we are not proud of. I myself lost an arm to an ambush by the Plastoids.” TalOS said as he rubbed his shoulder, “The one I have today is not the original, but one that I created. Since then I am never without my Steel Wardens or equal force at least one room away from me.”
TalOS could see the eyes of Perturabo scan his memory for what TalOS had said. The only times that TalOS had neglected the Steel Wardens was when the Custodians of the Emperor were able to take up this duty, and Perturabo knew for a fact that they could be trusted for they were bodyguards of the Emperor.
Understanding dawned with a new found kinship.
>Trade tips to avoid assassinations.
>Talk about homeworlds
>Focus on the coming meal
>>Gift
>Bionics
>Blackstone
>A big ass gun.
