You sound almost like an Astartes when you say that. [ He smiles a bit, briefly touching a scar on the inside of his right hand. ] But I understand oaths well myself. [ He raises an eyebrow at the mention of Candlemas. ] While I don't know who this fellow Christ is, I do recognize Candlemas. It comes rather quickly after Sanguinala, the holy day I shall be observing shortly. It is a time of self-mortification and reflection, as we consider the death of the Emperor's most-favored son, Sanguinius at the hands of the traitor Horus Lupercal.
[ He waves a hand as if pushing at something light, and explains. ] What most people think of the modern era Cain and myself, and Felicia, now that I think of it, consider to be almost the time before history. I'm from the 40th millennium of human existence, as we understand it.