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TalOS’s choice of words was deliberate and he could tell they had an effect upon Malcador. The old man looked towards the Emperor with eyes of questioning. Even though TalOS was here before them the Emperor’s immense psychic presence prevented TalOS from nullifying any psychic communication the two could be having.
TalOS did not mind this, for he and Kelbor too were in link with the other. Instead of words though TalOS had been given clicks and receipts that dictated his permissions to speak and when. His words earlier, putting his own existence into question, was orchestrated by their combined efforts.
The execution was ultimately masterful for TalOS’s actions were true. He had shown them the utmost loyalty in keeping his word and actions. So much so that TalOS was no longer a fool who say the Emperor as the Warrior God he showed himself as, but rather a mix of concepts that make a man.
They say that the Primarchs was each a fragment of their Father, and that was true. The Emperor was an architect, a warrior, a diplomat, and even a prophet. This TalOS now understood, and sometimes he wished that he knew the man under all those guises that he wore. But when he walked amongst the stars the true realization came; the Emperor was all of these.
The Emperor, if one took it to its most simple term, was a man of many hobbies that were now being used to create an Empire.
One thing TalOS knew beyond all else though was one prevailing fact amongst most of his brothers. That fact was that they value Loyalty above almost all other virtues. Their Father was no different.
“If I were to give you any seat within the coming administration, whether it be upon the table of the High Lords or their numerous organizations, the Mechanicum will have a say within the fate of Humanity.+ The Emperor said as he focused upon both Kelbor and TalOS in such a way that the meaning of his words were clear, “What you say is true, that both of your have served honorably, but will that reflect when we are all gone? Will the Mechanicum maintain its vows? Are the interests of the Mechanicum in line with Humanity’s.”
And so the truth was out. It was however a truth that TalOS knew for the longest of time. TalOS would need to thank Malcador for it was him who allowed them this sliver of a chance to broach the subject that the Emperor held back for so long.
Thay needed to convince an Ancient who actively fights against Gods that the Mechanicum is not a sham like the others. The one thing TalOS had going for himself though was that the Cult Mechanicus worshiped a true god in the Machine God.
