NPCIt all looks so real... but if you listen closely, you cannot hear the thrumming of the hive. Even in the thick of war, it should be audible. Such a masterful reproduction! A question arises unbidden in your mind: would it not be easier to live out these hours in blissful ignorance, just as the others do? After all, with each repetition, your actions would only become more familiar, more practised. As if you were slowly turning into a servitor.
YOU[End this loop and begin a new one by stepping off the bridge. Perhaps a new loop will change things]
NPCThe clerics of the Adeptus Ministorum would deem such an act the heresy of oathbreaking, for you would be refusing to continue in the service of the God-Emperor. But in this case, duty does not end even in death.
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YOU[Watch your chronometer, waiting for the start of the air raid]
NPCWhen the shells fall, you will be the only one not surprised.
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YOU[Spend the time before the war council in listless rumination]
NPCEverything is taking place as it should: the attack by the combined forces of the Inquisition, and the convening of the council. The pivotal moment approaches, and it will either set you free or condemn you to a new round of torture.
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YOU[Summon your will and walk away, hoping to find a way out of the xenos trap]