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Old excerpt from The Young and the Eternal

Reality snapped back into place in an arc of green electricity and a stab of white-hot pain. Swiftblaze's eyes took a moment to adjust. He wasn't sure how long he had been out, but the station's medical bay had become even more unrecognizable. The sleek lines and soft finish that characterized T'au architecture was completely lost under the ebon and gray of cyclopean metal devoid of soul. More of those damnable insectoid machines emitting a green glow clamored over every surface, reshaping this testament to unity and progress into a mausoleum of cold steel. The table he was restrained against rose with a hiss, bringing the commander into a more upright position. The two skeletal nightmares that had been there during the torture hadn't moved. No questions were asked. No threats or promises made. All of it was done with eerie silence save the crackling of unknowable energies and the omnipresent mechanical thrum pulsing like a beating heart. His legendary resolve kicked in and his mind