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In his simple attack TalOS for the attention of his God, the Machine God during at him with what must have been dread. Just like many beings that he remembered, TalOS could taste the emotions of God. But these emotions were in some way pure in the sense that they were completely different from the Warp.
It was this fact that allowed TalOS to feel that the being before him, somehow, recognized who he was. The Machine God, being an entity far beyond what could be reasonably expected of a standard human’s sense of existence, was still connected to each and every fragment that was before them. The fragment that he was challenging here was in some way similar to the fragment that was stationed on Mars.
They all had the same emotions and thoughts acting in concert with one another. Such was the reason TalOS felt dread coming from the deity that was before him.
And then the creature raised its weapon in an attempt to strike TalOS down.
With a flux of strength TalOS raised his Omnissian Axe and parried the attack. Quickly he found another strike coming and another parry needed to be issued to meet the sheer ferocity of the Machine God. TalOS had to be careful with each of these strikes as a single strike against an active machine would result in the malfunction of that machine.
Such was the reason that when TalOS brought his axe down and attempted to dig his weapon into the side of his Deity the god was unharmed by such a simple attack. The Omnissian Axe, while a mastercraft by his predecessor and Founder of Lucius without its Powerful, was simply a very sturdy axe.
The truth might also have been that TalOS could not summon the strength against his Deity. Already he was feeling his soul being torn apart with doubt as he parried each and every blow that the Machine God made against him.
The only time that there might have been relief was when a group of his Steel Wardens quickly crossed the floor in an attempt to relieve TalOS of this damned fight. His Sons, who were not nearly as weighed down by their faith, tried to bring supporting fire for TalOS in an attempt to relieve their Father of some pressure.
TalOS watched as the Machine God’s attention was quickly grabbed by them and he looked in their direction. He received one of TalOS’s attacks, but in return he raised his hand towards the sons. Where there were once Acillians there were none. Temporal reality was shifted in such a way that those three had ceased to exist from that moment onwards.
As if an inhibition was lost the Machine God began his attacks anew. His body obeying the will of a Necron Overlord who had seen him destroyed.