All intelligent life had its own reflection in the Sea of Souls, and the stronger the soul and mind, the more conspicuous that reflection was in the Warp.
An ordinary human's reflection was a flickering spark, while an awakened Psyker was a brilliant firework. As for Alpha-level Psykers like Joey, they could illuminate part of the Warp like a lighthouse.
As for the T'au, according to the Troy Librarium's description, they were like a single grain of sand amid billions of particles of dust. Even the Warp's background frequencies were more noticeable than they were.
"Unbelievable. How did these T'au xenos manage to possess souls while leaving such faint reflections in the Warp? It's not as though they're machines without emotions or consciousness," Lox remarked.
When the T'au xenos had been hunted, they had clearly displayed fear and sorrow.
"Perhaps that is why this xenos race was chosen. They are naturally extremely incompatible with the Warp. Once the T'au develop, they may never even realize that the Warp exists."
Sage Lawrence likewise marveled at the T'au's peculiar nature. Isolated from the Warp, the T'au would find it difficult to witness the true face of the universe.
They might believe from beginning to end that this was a purely physical universe, dismissing the Warp, psychic power, and sorcery as ridiculous superstition and ignorance.
For a considerable time, they would retain a certain laughable innocence and sneer at the caution displayed by other races.
Humanity had once achieved explosive growth with the aid of the Warp, rising from a tiny species confined to one corner of the cosmos into the great race that now occupied more than half the galaxy.
Yet Warp storms, widespread psychic genetic mutations, and increasingly frequent incursions by Warp creatures had made the dangers of the Warp ever