1. Brace for im...
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2. Holy Emperor, Lord of Humanity,
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3. Master of Mankind,
who protects and watches over all...
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4. God Emperor, Light of the Imperium.
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5. Give unto me your strength.
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6. Lend me your patience.
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7. Forgive my weakness.
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8. Give unto me your strength.
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9. Lend me your patience.
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10. Forgive my weakness.
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11. And grant me your mercy.
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12. For we have let our world die.
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13. I will not falter.
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14. I will not fall.
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15. Finished our prayers, have we?
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16. Why bother?
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17. What have your prayers done for us so far?
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18. I was asking for forgiveness.
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19. I'll have some of that!
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20. Beloved Emperor, forgive us
for failing this world and all its people.
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21. What the hels was that?
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22. Fine.
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23. It's a long walk, but whatever.
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24. Good...
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25. Awaken primary functions
from base protocols.
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26. Obeisance, Illuminor Szeras,
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27. Master of Matter, Lord of Zantagora.
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28. This bearer of the Deathmark
acknowledges you.
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29. Watch...
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30. Witness...
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31. Exemplars of a verminous breed.
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32. Survivors of the war to claim this world,
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33. and the failed attempts at reinforcement.
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34. This weigher of souls
acknowledges the mark
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35. you have placed upon these targets.
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36. Souls?
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37. You will refrain
from such unscientific terminology
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38. in my presence.
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39. This one understands.
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40. Process these identities.
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41. Their continued survival
renders them anomalous.
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42. Anomalies will not be tolerated
at this stage of my experimentation.
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43. This one questions
the necessity of its awakening.
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44. The function and protocols
of the Deathmark are matters of nuance.
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45. If you wish
for these creatures' destruction,
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46. you may leave it
to those of the Destroyer type.
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47. The Destroyers are creatures
of uncomplicated circuitry.
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48. Blind to any purpose
beyond the satiation of their appetites.
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49. In this matter, precision is required.
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50. This one understands.
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51. Do you indeed?
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52. I wonder.
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53. You exhibit a nominal degree of aberrancy.
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54. I exist and abide
by the protocols of the Deathmark.
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55. So it seems...
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56. Deploy into the battlespace.
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57. Engage the survivors.
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58. Rectify the anomaly
of their continued existence.
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59. This one understands.
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60. There is a final consideration.
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61. A potential hazard.
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62. This battlespace is populated
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63. by the detritus
of my recent scientific nonfeasance.
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64. You may cleanse or ignore these failures.
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65. I care not.
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66. This one understands.
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67. - Zira?
- She was right behind me.
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68. Zira, run!
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69. Whatever that thing is...
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70. we can take it if we cut west,
come around the side...
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71. Wait!
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72. Sister...?
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73. What was it, do you think?
What fell from the sky?
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74. A gunship.
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75. The Emperor's Angels.
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76. The Emperor's Angels won't save
this world now.
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77. Throne, they had their chance.
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78. They didn't exactly
cover themselves in glory.
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79. The fault wasn't theirs.
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80. No?
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81. Was it yours?
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82. No.
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83. Not mine, nor my sisters'.
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84. Whose, then?
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85. My mother died on the line.
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86. That's what they told me.
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87. I was ten years old.
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88. An officer came...
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89. he wore a uniform
that looked just like yours.
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90. He smelled of boot polish
and incense, though.
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91. Not blood.
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92. He handed me a set of ID tags.
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93. Militarum stamped.
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94. They weren't hers.
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95. They were too clean.
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96. No blood.
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97. No shrapnel marks.
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98. But I still kept them.
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99. And then what?
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100. The Schola Progenium.
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101. Prayers.
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102. Tempering.
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103. Then the Order.
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104. Belonging. A purpose.
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105. Faith.
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106. Look around, Sister.
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107. Where has your faith led you?
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108. One of the last to draw breath,
in a land of the dead.
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109. So be it.
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110. - It is better to die for the Emperor...
- than live for yourself.
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111. That's how the saying goes, right?
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112. So tell me, Sister.
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113. Who does bear the blame
for the death of this world?
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114. In the Emperor's name!
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115. The truth...
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116. The truth is,
this world didn't have to die.
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117. We could've saved it,
had the defenders fought harder.
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118. You blame the dead.
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119. If their faith had held true,
we would've won the war.
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120. Their weakness
cost us this precious world.
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121. You sound like a zealot.
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122. No. You don't... you don't understand.
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123. This is holy ground,
worth more than mere mortality.
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124. Worth more than life.
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125. Worth more than a thousand lives?
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126. - Ten thousand?
- Yes.
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127. Yes.
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128. All across the Imperium, tens of millions
of lives are lost every second.
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129. Boom. Boom.
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130. Massacre. Cataclysm. Genocide.
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131. What makes this world so special?
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132. That some ancient saint
consecrated the ground?
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133. I speak as a daughter of the Emperor,
blessed with righteousness!
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134. This is a shrine world.
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135. A beacon of faith, a light in the dark.
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136. It is sacred.
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137. It matters.
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138. Life matters, Sister.
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139. Not cathedrals.
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140. Not blessed ground or holy water.
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141. Without the faithful, you have no faith.
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142. Be quiet.
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143. - I'm just trying to make you see...
- No.
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144. - It's not always...
- Be quiet.
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145. There's something out there.
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146. One of ours...
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147. Soldier?
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148. Are you hurt?
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149. Can you understand me?
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150. Shell-shock, maybe.
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151. Or some injury we can't see...
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152. Cold. Blind.
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153. - I can't. I don't.
- All is well, soldier.
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154. Come.
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155. Come with me...
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156. Cold.
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157. Blind. Where. I don't.
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158. Where. I can't. When. Why.
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159. I am a daughter of Our Martyred Lady.
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160. I am the flame that wreathes
the Emperor's blade.
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161. I am His holy vessel!
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162. I am Her sacred wrath!
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163. What you are, sister, is surrounded.
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164. Faith is my shield.
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165. So let it be done.
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166. What now...?
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