"The Farsight Enclaves are willing to join the Imperium of Man."
"What? Could you say that again?"
"The Farsight Enclaves are willing to join the Imperium of Man."
"Huh? Did I hear that right?"
Realizing that wording might sound ambiguous, Lin Fan slapped his own mouth. "I wasn't mocking you. I was just too shocked by your news."
Farsight nodded in imitation of a human, indicating that he understood his words were shocking enough to provoke such a reaction.
The Imperial side had already erupted into an uproar, but before they could speak, Rebecca muted their microphones. She filtered out the useless hateful, xenophobic remarks and selected the rational voices to broadcast.
"You want to join the Imperium? You damned... cough, cough... I mean, you temporarily neutral party. Why do you wish to join the Imperium?"
Kor'sarro Khan's voice came through. Since he was with Lin Fan, Farsight could hear what he was saying as well.
"Because of revelations and prophecies."
"That sounds exceedingly suspicious..."
"Don't you people love revelations and prophecies most? The Emperor Tarot, psyker foresight—those are all yours."
"Ah... look what we have here. A damned xenos clever enough to think it can pass judgment on the Imperium!"
Kor'sarro Khan stopped pretending. He shoved aside Lin Fan, who was standing before the screen, and his crimson, furious face filled the display. His roar echoed through the Thunderhawk's cabin.
"Kor'sarro, quiet!" Lin Fan shoved Kor'sarro away in irritation, finally making him obediently shut his mouth.
"You should talk to me first. May I ask what this prophecy and revelation are?"
Lin Fan ignored the clamoring faces on the screen. These moments when humanity's stars gathered were far too aggravating; one look at Rebecca's tightly furrowed brows was enough to tell.
That Archbishop Anderson fellow also looked ready to