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>Last Talks before the Summit End, Thion III Circa 800 M30
-Thionson, laughing, his body language asserting dominance: "No, certainly not. But neither do I care to listen to someone who doesn't respect the importance of our alliance. After all, I've seen firsthand what happens when you underestimate the enemy. If we're going to survive the coming conflict, we need to learn from past mistakes. That means listening to each other, no matter how unpleasant that may seem."
-Raspin, shaking his head: "And here I was hoping we could start out on the same page. Perhaps I'm too late already."
-Thionson, coolly : "Maybe. But I doubt it. Besides, I don't claim you're incompetent Khal. You have your military record to testify. Yet you are not fit. You are too bloodthirsty for a warrior. The only way we're going to win this war is by becoming harder, stronger, and faster. I'll admit it. But we have to fight smarter as well. I didn't like it how you were brought into the fold, and I still don't. Your Freeholds of the Bloodmail carry lot of influence. More than any others. But it is because of that influence that i cannot allow you the position."
- Raspin, Furious: "You think you are in position to deny me Boy? "
-Thionson, smiling: "No, I'm afraid, i am not alone. But I will be happy to explain my reasoning. Mentionning explanation, should you demean me again, i would have to challenge you. In the Kindred interest you should spare yourself the humiliation. "
-Raspin, his eyes burning with choler, grudgingly groaning: "Fine. Let us begin then if you are so sure. Tell me all you can about the events leading up to the war, starting with your first encounter with the Imperium. I want to understand how they managed to conquer so many planets despite having such inferior technology. "
- Thionson, leaning forward intently: "It won't be that easy. I mean, some information are classified even for you Khal Raspin, but i can assure you, i won't be the battles of old, where you had to charge headlong into the fray, guns blazing. Rather a slow process of attrition. The Imperium will use its superior psychic powers to bend us to its will. The Emperor's mind may outwit us and force compliance. He possess his own Legions, far less equipped and genetically inferior true but much more. And my brothers are not to be underestimate. Should they know about the Votann we may be lost. "
- Raspin, his elbow cracking: "We could Nuke them. build up our forces and in a few years strike them. a positive investment"
- Thionson, his face a mask: "True. We could. That would make the Emperor an enemy of us. Not one we can defeat with certainty. Not one we can kill neither. But that is confidential information Khal. To know more...."
