+ 'May you live forever.' Everyone present understood the meaning. +
+ Afterwards, it didn't seem to matter quite so much. +
+ We were all going to die here. +
+ My shame seems to lose its tarnish when we stand against our brothers. It becomes, briefly, mirror-bright – a source, if not of pride, then at least of the chance of a better death. +
+ That I have died here, on this dead world, seems inevitable. I make this record for your unknown ear, simply because this treachery should be recorded. +
+ My brothers are unable, or unwilling to do it, and so another onerous duty falls to the Immortals. +
+ The forces ranged against us are colossal; and our forces few. Their betrayal has changed but one thing for us. We are no longer ashamed. +
+ We are all immortal now. +
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You are getting so good at this that this guy doesn't even look bigger than a standard marine.
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