There are times when we question the motivations of the Mechanicus, though they are part and parcel of the Imperium of man. When I see those mixes of steel and flesh... barely human, sometimes I wonder.
[ Gaunt smiles, looking like a much younger (and handsomer) man for a moment. ] They are Angels of Death, but men as well, I knew Allentis of the Silver Guard during the Balhaut campaign, and I was there when he broke the back of the defenses of Heritor Asphodel. I was there when he died....
And I got the credit for his victory. [ There is sadness in his voice. ]