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+First…+ The Fabricator Lord held his tongue as he processed what he was about to say, +Was flight. Our… forefathers… at the beginning… fled Mars. That is… why… they do not know. We fled… into Old Night.+
+And the reason for your flight?+
+We lost that… knowledge…+ Admitted Wilmar as he looked solemnly towards the ground, +We committed sin. We know that. We were… birthed from sin.+
+I feel you know much more about the other two.+ TalOS declared as he looked at the Priest firmly, +And that it involves forces outside this world.+
+Six thousand years ago…+ The Lord said as he placed a hand upon his systems, +A darkness… A Darkness so foul came…+
+What did it bring with it?+ TalOS dared to ask as his memories began to turn to the screams.
+It brought with it… rust, mutation, insanity, and blood. From the shadows they came to us… We were one million… they were one billion. Darkness led them. Darkness led them all.+
+What was its name.+ TalOS ordered the Priest to give him as he felt he knew the name.
+It was… the Prince of Shadows. Its name was so horrible we could never cleanse it… from our dataslates.+ The Priest tightened his hands around the rod as if fearing to speak, +Be’Lakor.+
A name that meant nothing to TalOS, but everything to these people. A name that brought damnation to their people and while they did indeed prosper could never shake off the darkness that kept them down. A brutal affair that if TalOS was not here today would change the entire course of this planet’s history.
+He forced us to do… the unthinkable.+ The Priest admitted as he lowered his head, +As we could not face him with our numbers we created gene clones of ourselves. But even that was not enough so we were forced to create fighters of metal and silicon. We created Abominable Intelligences that while gone now forever haunt our memory. All for the Prince of Shadows to curse. ‘Hear me Priests of the False God. I, Be’Lakor, shall grant you the gift of forever darkness. May you forever find damnation!’ And from that day onwards, we lost our star. Even by committing our sin we lost.+
The Priest looked upon TalOS with a new found certainty, +That is why we never wanted to bow to Mars. We have resisted ever since the days of the Shadow Tyrant, and we hoped to resist for as long as we could. Those are our sins.+
>You shall be given absolution. You only need trust in the Machine God’s spark of life.
>Your crimes… they are hard to forgive. You need to commit penance.
