Author: Bloody Mary
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"I don't understand," Perturabo said, staring with an uncharacteristically worried expression at Princess Serenity. "It was a perfectly logical answer given the situation."
Serenity pushed a plate of cookies in his direction and managed to stay calm as Perturabo proceeded to sniff at them. Some of her brothers were simply odder than the rest and Perturabo's tendency to see attempts at his life everywhere was apparently a healthy state of mind for royalty on some planets, anyway. Father had once explained to her that in some places assassination was practically a natural cause of death for those in power.
"Go on," she said, daintily taking a sip of her tea.
"Yellow looks silly on a grown men," the Primarch of the Iron Warriors replied. "I don't see why Dorn—well, both of them—had to take offence at that. Dorn could change the colours of his Legion to something more sensible without making such a fuss."
Serenity blinked and wondered silently why supposedly logical people never, ever took the emotional side into account. Objectively, Perturabo might have been right, at least for his cultural background, but both Azmina and Rogal seemed to simply like yellow.
"You know, Perturabo, sometimes Mr. Cold Logic is not your friend," she said. "Sometimes you have to consult Mr. Common Sense."
Tekhne giggled quietly, while Perturabo considered the point.
"Common sense is a combination of past experience and commonly accepted knowledge," Perturabo said. "In this case logical and common sense are both one and the same. Yellow is associated with small animals, flowers and sun in almost all human cultures, not fearsome warriors."
Tekhne decided to chime in and add, "It's worth considering that what is considered common sense is not universal and varies from planet to planet," but then giggled again and said: "But, Perturabo, Mr. Cold Logic is not always your friend."
Perturabo frowned slightly. After a moment of consideration, he asked, "Why do I get the feeling you're talking about one of my body parts?"
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