"Everything went smoothly, buddy."
"We brought back what we wanted, and nothing unexpected happened along the way. Aurekan truly is a master of time. The fact that nothing went wrong after bringing him along is proof enough of his abilities."
"Smoothly. Very smoothly."
Qin Mo's projection paced back and forth through the office, excitedly recounting the results of the temporal operation.
Guilliman stood before the projection, listening and nodding happily. "It's good that it went smoothly. From my perspective, one second you were talking about carrying out a temporal operation, and the next you were back. Excellent."
"Of course." The excitement on Qin Mo's face gradually faded. "I brought back someone you absolutely must see. You'll meet them as soon as you return to your residence."
"An Old One?" Guilliman asked with a smile.
"No, of course not an Old One." Qin Mo shook his head. "But you have to see him."
"Who is it?" Seeing his close friend so serious, Guilliman became serious as well, wondering who they had brought back.
"Take a guess?" Qin Mo, who usually preferred to speak plainly, had unexpectedly become a riddle-maker.
Guilliman smiled and shook his head. "Whoever it is, I'll know once I finish what I'm doing and go see them. I was planning to split up the Adeptus Arbites..."
"Go see them now. Right now," Qin Mo said.
Guilliman grew even more puzzled, but then he sensed something. His pupils slowly widened.
Before Guilliman could ask again, Qin Mo had already cut off the communication.
Guilliman stood before his desk for a while, then placed the document in his hand onto it. He looked out at the Terran cityscape beyond the window and took another moment to compose himself.
In the end, he did not dare guess or speculate about whom