As they left the rundown inn, the usually cool-headed Tech-Priest was so furious that he couldn't stop cursing the foolish, conservative Inquisitor in binary.
To be honest, Alvin had never seen a Tech-Priest get this angry.
Even when Tucker had insulted him by calling him "gearhead," Tech-Priest Aruman hadn't been this incensed. That showed just how much resentment he held toward that Inquisitor.
Aruman swore to the Omnissiah that he really wanted to grab the Inquisitor by the collar and demand, "Is there nothing in your head besides evidence? Do you have no idea how to adapt?"
Unfortunately, he knew that if he actually did that, he'd be met with a bolt round.
From a personal perspective, Aruman could understand the Inquisitor's cautious attitude.
After all, not every Inquisitor was decisive enough to stamp out a cult with overwhelming force before it could spread on a large scale.
In truth, Inquisitors were nothing like many people imagined.
Inquisitors technically had no formal ranks, but there was a hierarchy within their ranks. A newly appointed Inquisitor usually didn't wield nearly as much power as people assumed.
The idea that one could requisition the Astra Militarum, or even the Imperial Navy, with a single word was pure fantasy.
Even the Administratum, the Department of the Munitorum, and the Imperium, foolish as they might be, wouldn't give a newly recognized Inquisitor that much power.
That was a classic misconception.
Not every Inquisitor in the Imperium was named Eisenhorn!
And from what Aruman knew of Winnie Winslet, his strongest impression was that she was Charles Gransol's direct apprentice.
It was obvious that Winnie Winslet was a newly appointed Inquisitor!
Even with Gransol as her mentor, the power and influence she could command were far inferior to his.
In general, newly appointed Inquisitors weren't entitled