Auberlen moved his lips again. This time, a word crept out. ‘Daemonic.’ Reinecker released him. He took a step back. He turned to Stromberg. Her face was as grey as his own must have been. But she did not look surprised to have official Imperial doctrine contradicted, and a myth confirmed. ‘You know of such things?’ She nodded. ‘At the schola progenium,’ she began, then trailed off. ‘I never thought I’d see…’ All lies, then. Fundamental tenets he had believed in and fought for his entire life. He had known there could be no theologically acceptable explanation for what was happening on
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