Passing through the rift, listening to the whispers of the dead from tens of millions, perhaps even hundreds of millions of years ago, Amalaga took several steps closer to the true word "Life." He had no desire to be devoured by these annihilated beings and the things of the universe.
His research into the Warp remained as correct as ever. After all, every theory was built upon extensive experimentation. Even opening a breach from the Formless Wastes had taken him a great deal of time to attempt.
A lifeform with a powerful subconscious could open a passage to the place it wished to go.
Just like Aun'Va's mind, which in the end still yearned for the primordial place on T'au. This saved Amalaga a great deal of travel time, but it also declared the fate of the T'au on T'au.
The rift vanished. The continent floated around T'au, motionless beneath the observation of its alert systems. Amalaga could sense the T'au's terror, could feel through electronic vision their confusion toward the continent that had appeared so suddenly.
But Amalaga did not dwell on how the T'au would view it. Instead, he contemplated the structure of the Warp, pondering the relationship between the universe, the Warp, and the veil.
The more he thought, the closer he came to the truth.
The supreme veil separated the Warp from realspace. Formless energy was cut off, and all forms of Warp sorcery needed to pierce the veil to achieve their effects.
The more active living beings were, the looser the veil became. Conversely, the veil around tomb worlds was impossibly dense. Demons could not display their power on any silent, lifeless planet.
But in places such as the Eye of Terror and the Maelstrom, the veil had already been worn away completely. Its rate