TheLastOne said:
It just shows how closely connected he is to the larger heretic community.
The new Cainite Heresy is gonna be huge when they show up at the next HeretiCon.
Honestly, I love how calling it the "larger heretic community" makes it sound so much more organized and interconnected than it actually is. I would not at all be surprised if some Inquisitors have these corkboards with red string tying different cults together, looking for the proverbial spider-in-the-web, while the cults are completely segregated with nothing in common except their patron deities, whom they might not even have the same names for.
"You're Slaaneshi cultists!"
"... what the frak is a Slaanesh? I have no idea what you're talking about."
"Your patron!"
"Oh, you mean the Instrument of Desire!"
Something I would like to see in one of the next chapters is a Malicia pov scene to see how she's been handling her new life as Cain's bodyguard for the past 16 years, I bet she's suffering almost as much as Cain himself.
"Aunty Malicia?"
Malicia looked down at the thing her Master/Ward had claimed for his daughter. For some reason, Zerayah insisted on treating Malicia like they were kin of some sort.
"Yes dear?"
She really did not understand the sentiment, but if playing along meant the people holding her leash gave it some slack, she'd play along.
"Well, it's my birthday soon, and I was wondering... uhm..."
"What did you wish for? If you tell me, I will see if it is within my power to grant."
What could Zerayah possibly wish for that she would ask her? Her father was the ruler of an entire world, her "mother-in-law" a Princess of She Who Thirsts. What could she possibly offer that they could no-
"Can I have a little sister for my next birthday?"
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Malicia slowly tilted her head to one side.
"Cou-could you repeat th-that, dear? Slowly?" Yes, she was stuttering.
"A little sister. Can I have one? For my birthday?" No, she had not misheard. Isha, her heart was thundering in her chest!
"Wh-y are y-ou aski-ng me that?!" Alright, she was panicking, but really?!
"Well, aunty Emeli can't have a baby, since she doesn't have a body, and you spend so much time with dad anyway, I thouzzzzzz..." Why was she hearing buzzing coming out of the girls mouth why was her sight dimming why was she fallingohshewasgoingintoshocknonobadbadbad...
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"Uncle Jurgen!"
Jurgen shot out of his seat. "What is it, Zerayah?!"
"Aunty Malicia fainted!"