After wrapping up the deal neatly, Fabius boarded Natalia's Frigate and left the daemon world of Drakasi alongside his creation.
While traveling through the Warp, Natalia asked her creator about what intrigued her most.
"It seemed you had arranged this deal with Ubondrak long ago, which was why everything went so smoothly just now..."
"Did you foresee that Brumm would be invaded at the very start of the Golden Crusade and find reinforcements in advance?"
She received two bursts of laughter in reply.
Fabius shook his head. "Of course not. But on the first day I arrived on Brumm, I realized it would be attacked eventually, whether by the Imperium, Taifon and the others I had once provoked into fury, or the Black Legion..."
"So I made preparations long ago."
"There are many predators on Brumm that I created myself. The invaders were overwhelmed the moment they arrived on Brumm, but that was nowhere near enough."
"They possessed little intelligence, so I released the clone Primarchs and let them gradually discover that they could control those predators."
"I replaced their memories, making them truly believe the invaders were their enemies."
"I did many things."
Fabius laid out his entire plan.
Natalia stared at her creator in astonishment, realizing that this was a broadly applicable defensive process. No matter what enemy attacked, the clone Primarchs could command the predators to assault them, buying time or even turning the tide directly.
As for what came afterward, it would be like their recent trip to Drakasi: maneuvering among the many forces within the Eye of Terror and finding reinforcements.
In the end, they would rely on those reinforcements to retake Brumm...
As Natalia considered this, she suddenly realized Fabius might not have thought that way. She asked curiously, "Can the Drakasi people help