Elsewhere.
Guilliman lay atop a bed formed from the accumulated burden of official duties in the deepest part of the archive.
Before him lay the work he needed to complete for the fleet. From time to time, people entered the archive to take away finished documents. They moved cautiously and quietly, afraid of disturbing the Regent sleeping atop his paperwork.
But for Guilliman himself, this sleep was far from peaceful.
In a dream world so vivid that even Guilliman himself found it surprising, he soaked in the marble bath aboard Macragge's Honour.
Across from the bath stood another Guilliman.
Even when resting, Guilliman rarely rested with complete focus. He was skilled at, and accustomed to, doing many things at once.
His mind remained active, helping him conduct a philosophical debate with himself as he considered the many philosophical questions that had troubled him lately.
Such as the most common thing within the Eye of Terror: Psychic Power.
Guilliman himself tended to interpret Psychic Power as a form of sorcery, but the other version of himself conjured by his mind did not agree.
"Psychic Power is simply Psychic Power. It is neither sorcery nor inherently evil. You think it evil only because your enemies are always the ones using it."
"Psychic Power is not malicious either. Like weapons, it is the person wielding it who is malicious, not the weapon itself."
"If Psychic Power is used for the right purpose, it can become a race's salvation—a mighty force capable of turning the tide."
Guilliman listened to the other self imagined by his mind speak of Psychic Power, and found it strange.
This philosophical debate conducted in dreams was not the first of its kind. In the past, whenever it occurred, Guilliman would imagine another self who stood opposed to him.
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