The person became me.
997.M30.
Carium Gate space, Shadow of the Throne, primarch's office.
Nimrod leaned back against The Throne and spoke to Petronella Viva, who had picked up a Laern-exclusive Jade Berry between her fingertips.
"Petronella, I am about to undertake a dangerous expedition."
Over the past four years, Petronella had proven her ability. Horus had chosen her as his biographer by no means because she was a senior court representative of Capinus House.
The fact that she had not been "corroded" by him was enough to show that she possessed a superhuman will.
"My flagship has arrived at Carium Gate. You may wait here."
"Of course, you may also go to any known world."
Petronella wore a simple emerald-green dress today, its hem hung with ornaments woven from topaz and silver.
Her eyes narrowed slightly as she savored the crisp middle note of snow pear lingering in her mouth.
Without carefully tasting the finish, she shook her head, the motion small but firm.
"No, my lord."
"I am your chronicler. Recording your heroic bearing on the battlefield is precisely my duty."
"This is the best possible opportunity. A dangerous battlefield is exactly the scene I have dreamed of, the one that moves the heart most."
As expected of someone who dared set foot on Davin. Nimrod gave Petronella an approving look, his tone carrying a warning.
"The xenos' mind-control ability is even stronger than Magnus's. You will have no chance to write down your own thoughts."
Although Nimrod believed Magnus was the primarch who could deal with the Hraf Originator most easily besides himself, in the domain of the mind, neither he nor Magnus matched the Hraf Originator.
The Hraf Originator could conduct mind control across thousands of light-years, and could even penetrate the consciousness of a Titan