"With nothing but this brain and these hands, humanity built vast ships that could cross the sea of stars and travel between dimensions;
we cured every plague and could even regrow severed limbs. We left our footprints on unfamiliar planets tens of thousands of light-years away. Once, we were our own gods."
Enoch turned and looked straight into Lorgar's eyes, filled with confusion and shock. His voice grew more solemn than ever before:
"Lorgar, do not look outside yourself for meaning. Look outward, and you will find only a cold universe and falsehoods. True meaning is something humanity gives itself."
"We are not insects in the desert, Lorgar. We are miracles born of chance, yet capable of understanding the laws of the universe that gave rise to us! That alone is the greatest miracle of all!"
"So lift your head. Learn why the wind blows, why water flows, how herbs overcome disease, and why the stars shine. Conquer the unknown with the known. Dispel fear with reason. Arm yourself with knowledge. That is what I believe in, the greatest faith of all-the might of humanity itself!"
Boom-!!!
Like a bolt of lightning at the dawn of creation, it split apart the confusion in Lorgar's mind.
His primarch brain, the equal of a supercomputer, began working beyond its limits. He frantically combined, collided, and rearranged all the suffering, lies, and injustice he had witnessed with the physics, logic, and astronomy Enoch had just taught him!
In Withered Spring Village, the villagers' prayers had failed to bring a single drop of water, while he had used geology to dig up a sweet spring that saved their lives.
In Varach City, believers had bought indulgences and died miserable deaths, while he had used basic knowledge of hygiene to save living, breathing people.
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