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Tempering the Spirit
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Despite the Dark Eldar's face being hidden by a mask of flayed human skin, the sneer couldn't be more apparent as he noted, "Really it is your sire's own fault that all this happened," he picked at his cruel blood-caked nails idly, "Had he not interrupted our sport on this planet we would left you be."
One of the angered Salamanders let out a low hiss.
"We know your kind, xeno," spat another, "You would have come to 'sport' even if our Senshi hadn't been born!"
"Maybe, maybe not," he shrugged fluidly, "but how could have we let this most delicious chance escape us?"
"Just like you," a powerful voice noted grimly from behind the masked Eldar.
"Lord Vulkan!"
On whipping around the Eldar found his head engulfed by one of said man's large hands, eye flicked frantically between two of Vulkan's fingers to look up at his face, and saw only his death in those red eyes.
Vulkan squeezed lightly, even this causing the thin being near-debilitating pain.
"Now," he said with dreadful gentleness, "You will show us where your raiding party has Nocturne…"
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Though his face was like stone as he held the sniffling blood-spattered infant, Vulkan's eyes burned with anger at the wreakage of the remote village and the aftermath of the Dark Eldars sport on the people.
An Apothecary exited one of the more intact houses grimly and approached his lord, "I have found her parents," he said, eyes like awls, 'Or what remains of them,' he thought to himself in disgust.
Recognising the look on the Apothecaries face, Vulkan handed the girl to him "She has no need of seeing… this. See to her health."
The Apothecary nodded sharply and strode back to their transport.
The Primarch ducked his head into the house and the door-frame shattered under his grip on seeing what had been done.
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Vulkan frowned at the defiant young girl in front of him, "Echo-" he started before abruptly being cut off.
"They made my friend cry!" the girl's dark cheeks puffed out in indignation, amber eyes sparking sullenly.
He sighed, "Yes, I know they did, but that is still no excuse for using your superior strength and training against them," this was said sternly, "That strength exists to aid the citizens of the Imperium, not bully them for petty slights."
Echo grumbled wordlessly, but couldn't disagree.
"Come on," Vulkan crouched and rested a large hand on her bright green hair and smiled, "Why don't we work on that project that I promised we would do, hm?"
She broke into a broad glowing smile, "Really?"
"Really."
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