The Iron Hands warriors, brought back to consciousness by the Servitor, examined themselves, then suddenly noticed their Battle-Brothers' faces.
All twelve faces had become remarkably similar, and those features seemed strikingly familiar, as though they had seen them somewhere before.
One of them suddenly looked alarmed, then strode toward a nearby wall covered in sculptures, including one of their own Primarch, Ferrus Manus.
Noticing their brother's actions, they suddenly began staring at one another's faces.
Each of them seemed to bear a fifty- to sixty-percent resemblance to their Primarch.
This abrupt transformation left them somewhat astonished.
Yet they did not know that the Gene-seed once present inside their bodies had now vanished completely.
The genes inherited from their Primarch had undergone a second round of optimization and adjustment alongside their own.
Since all twelve of them had been immersed in the Panacea, they had not immediately noticed any differences, but once they became aware of these changes, more details began to stand out.
Every one of them had grown considerably taller.
Someone picked up the armour and Bionic Bodies scattered across the floor, only to discover that the connection ports that should have protruded from their skin had vanished. They had already torn the Black Carapace implants from their skin during their earlier movements.
Their bodies were powerfully built, yet bore no scars.
And their armour was clearly more than an inch too small.
This series of changes left the Iron Hands warriors somewhat at a loss.
The Apothecary was the first to regain his composure and began examining his brothers' physical condition.
Though he no longer had his Power Armour or equipment to assist him, he still possessed ample medical knowledge as an Apothecary.
After a simple visual examination and palpation, he arrived at a conclusion that seemed perfectly