【战锤40k同人作品翻译】 Ennui 第二十九章：揭晓 Revealed(18)
A soft, deep click of a mag-release issued from the Lord Angel as he took a hold of his bolter, raised the enormous weapon, and leveled the barrel squarely at Isarae.
“What purpose do you serve here, Eldar?” Antares asked. “What ends do you meet by looking after this child? She is a flicker to one such as you… an ember in a windstorm, so speak, and do not lie.”
Isarae did not reply. Not right away, at any rate. Rather, she turned away from the barrel with unconcerned ease to look up at me, ignoring the Astartes who was so casually threatening her.
She was asking permission.
I gave her a small nod.
Turning back to Lord Antares, Isarae raised her face to meet his crimson lenses fully and without fear.
“I came here to die, Lord Astartes,” she said in her softly accented gothic.
“Do not mock the-!” My elder sister began to snarl as Isarae used the Angel’s title, but Antares himself was the one who cut her off with a swiftly raised hand.
“Say that again.” He spoke with curiosity now.
Isarae gave me another look, her aura rippling with uncertainty. I nodded again, I had done my part and preserved us til now, but he wasn’t addressing me, and I could not intervene with his questioning. If he decided to execute Isarae and I, he would be entirely within his remit to do so, and I doubted any of my Sisters would voice a doubt even if he was not.
“What purpose do you serve here, Eldar?” Antares asked. “What ends do you meet by looking after this child? She is a flicker to one such as you… an ember in a windstorm, so speak, and do not lie.”
Isarae did not reply. Not right away, at any rate. Rather, she turned away from the barrel with unconcerned ease to look up at me, ignoring the Astartes who was so casually threatening her.
She was asking permission.
I gave her a small nod.
Turning back to Lord Antares, Isarae raised her face to meet his crimson lenses fully and without fear.
“I came here to die, Lord Astartes,” she said in her softly accented gothic.
“Do not mock the-!” My elder sister began to snarl as Isarae used the Angel’s title, but Antares himself was the one who cut her off with a swiftly raised hand.
“Say that again.” He spoke with curiosity now.
Isarae gave me another look, her aura rippling with uncertainty. I nodded again, I had done my part and preserved us til now, but he wasn’t addressing me, and I could not intervene with his questioning. If he decided to execute Isarae and I, he would be entirely within his remit to do so, and I doubted any of my Sisters would voice a doubt even if he was not.
冰九囚笼二十六
