"Fafnir, I think all that Fenrisian mead has gone to your head. These Tau xenos contain excessive levels of cobalt. Astartes might only find the taste unusual after eating them, but ordinary humans cannot. Consuming Tau flesh can cause fatal poisoning."
"Your recklessness nearly killed several veteran auxilia troops."
The trend started by the Space Wolves quickly spread among the mortal auxilia accompanying the operation. After failing to sell their idea to their battle-brothers from the Ultramarines, Iron Hands, and Raven Guard, the Wolf Lord changed targets.
He set his sights on the mortal auxilia who had marched with the army. Under Fafnir's enthusiastic recommendations, several greedy Ultramar auxilia veterans could not resist taking that first step.
After all, the expensive Astartes were selling it with all their might, even thumping their chests and guaranteeing its quality. Many forthright mortals responded directly to the Wolves' enthusiasm.
They ate the processed Tau canned food, and after experiencing its peculiar flavor, their bodies swiftly reacted with severe vomiting and diarrhea.
Even Fafnir had not anticipated such a violent reaction. Realizing something was wrong, the Wolf Lord immediately summoned doctors and Apothecaries.
The fleet's doctors diagnosed it as severe cobalt poisoning, an extremely rare condition.
Had the Biologis sages of the Mechanicus not acted swiftly enough, these elite mortal veterans might not have died on a brutal battlefield, but at the hands of an utterly ordinary can of xenos food.
Lox harshly criticized the Space Wolves' outrageous behavior and ordered Fafnir to take his hunting pack back to the fleet for serious reflection.
"Lord Lox, on Fenris, anyone who died after tasting a monster's flesh would absolutely get a thumbs-up and be praised as a hero. It is a very desirable way to die."
"I believe you are prejudiced against us."
Fafnir was