Warhammer 40k Fanfic - Reborn's Revenge

Chap. 40 - Spectral Bone

There's nothing better than a good fight to start a day, that's something every good ork knows, and the beating that aeldari gave to Kanan was by far a good dose. Now, Lith guided Kanan through the hallways of the craftworld. Curiously, to the same noble area where that presumptuous avenger kicked him out... almost.

Kanan: - I can't understand how with that aspect you manage to hit so hard. None of my kids had left me so many bruises... At least not in the same fight. -

Lith: - That's a curious question... with an even more interesting answer... Tell me. What do you know about spectral bone? -

Kanan: - I have only heard of it... Something that only you Aeldari know how to make... But nothing more. -

Lith: - Spectral bone is a... living material... To put it simply. Harder than adamantium and with the ability to regenerate. Created and produced by our ancestors and... in my humble opinion... the basis of Aeldari society. -

Kanan: - Harder than adamantium? I find it hard to believe... Although I suppose this galaxy has many secrets to hide. -

Lith: - Partly yes... and partly no. -

Kanan: - More riddles? -

Lith: - Custom. Using psychotechnical engineering, we manage to manipulate the energies and transform them into a solid object. -

Kanan: - Energies? What kind of energies? -

Lith: - Warp energies... of course. -

Kanan: - I would have been better off not asking. - At this comment, the aeldari could not contain a small laugh.

Lith: - I understand your reaction, but rest assured that this material is very far from being corrupted by the forces of chaos. It is a pure and noble material... It cannot give in to temptations. -

Kanan: - I find it strange that you refer to a material as something alive. -

Lith: - It is the very nature of the spectral bone. One that I decided to accept as part of myself to follow the path I chose. -

Kanan: - From you? -

Lith: - The path of the Spectral Sentinel. Those who sacrifice their own calcium bones to replace them with spectral bone. -

Kanan: - That sounds... painful. -

Lith: - You are not able to imagine it... Although over the centuries you get used to it. -

Kanan: - Still, the strength you showed is enough to defeat countless enemies. Shouldn't they create more like you? -

Lith: - The word create... is not what I would use for this method. It's a sacrifice... a dangerous sacrifice. -

Kanan: - Dangerous? Does it destroy the body or something similar? -

Lith: - Not the body... but the soul. - Lith didn't have to ask, because Kanan's face said perfectly that he didn't understand what he was saying. - The spectral bone provides a greater connection with ruinous powers, but if you are susceptible to them you will end up being corrupted... Like many others in the past. -

Kanan: - I see... -

Lith: - In other words. What you felt was not my fists, but the force of the immaterium itself hitting your skin. -

Kanan: - That's... unthinkable... But... I feel like what you're telling me should be a secret. '

Lith: - And it is. - Kanan couldn't hide his poker face.

Kanan: - And you just go around telling every living being you know? - He asked ironically.

Lith: -Of course not. - He stated after a laugh. - But someone who made fun of Thirsty is not just any living being. -