"Was he really not a chronicler left over from the Great Crusade?" Perturabo looked at Jaghatai. "Is this part of the Imperial Truth?"
Jaghatai shook his head, dismissing Perturabo's question. "If you had properly read the Imperial Truth, you would know that that booklet full of lies is entirely different from what this man is talking about. The Imperial Truth stresses the prohibition of all forms of worship, while Roka's theory is to worship The Emperor as a human exemplar... lowering him from an idol of a god to an idol of a man..." Jaghatai stroked his beard, somewhat wistful. "If Lorgar had worshipped The Emperor with such thoughts back then, I suppose Perfect City would never have needed to be destroyed..."
"But we cannot promote this sort of thing now," Lin Fan said, drawing an unhappy look from Jaghatai. Lin Fan hurriedly explained, describing the current state of the Ecclesiarchy and The Emperor.
"The Emperor is schizophrenic now. His humanity has been suppressed by his divinity to a dangerous extent. It is not entirely gone, but there is pitifully little of it left. If we promote Roka's theory, we might be able to restore some of The Emperor's humanity. But at present, the divine Emperor is the main force resisting the Chaos Gods in the Warp. He guides the Astronomican, manifests miracles, and rescues ships from Warp storms. Rashly weakening The Emperor's divine side might put him at a disadvantage in that struggle."
"Then what does the human Emperor do?" Perturabo cared greatly about this question. Lin Fan answered, "Maybe it would stop The Emperor from sounding so icy when he speaks... You know, gods are very heartless beings, especially since The Emperor himself is not someone with much emotional intelligence."
"Yes, that reminds me of Malcador. Malcador once