In a circular hall, smooth white curved walls surrounded comfortable chairs hovering slightly above blue bases.
Ring after ring of seats had been arranged around the central lecture platform, occupied by Earth Caste technicians chatting among themselves.
"Masha, I heard this lecture is about something called the Warp?"
"That's right, comrade Yio."
Masha nodded in the same manner as a human. Through his interactions with humans, Yio had more or less picked up some of their culture.
Masha always found it strange. In the propaganda from a few years ago, the Imperium of Man had still been portrayed as so backward and savage. Yet over the past year, they had suddenly become friends of the Greater Good, and even their so-called Emperor could be mentioned in the same breath as the Greater Good.
That was truly difficult for many older T'au to accept, but what could they do?
A year ago, the entire T'au Empire had nearly collapsed. The pain of T'au's destruction still lingered in every T'au's heart. Whenever the night grew quiet, someone would lie in bed mourning the fate that had befallen the Ethereals and their own people.
Fortunately, Commander Shadowsun had taken on that heavy responsibility. She swiftly reunited the scattered hearts of the people and led the newly formed legions against the invading Orks.
Of course, the Imperium of Man had also provided plenty of help during this period. These technical seminars, for example, had been held many times, and human research had inspired the Earth Caste to break through technological bottlenecks in many areas.
Though some of the things they heard were completely unreasonable—like the machine spirits from last time, the Waaagh! field from the time before that, and, even earlier than that, a comparison of the enhancement effects when T'au shouted, "For the