"Yes, but..." To Ildraniath, nearly everything was unsatisfactory. It was sometimes difficult to sort out her opinions into that which should or should not be taken to heart.

"The idea that human survival comes chief above all other concerns. That conquering a planet is welcoming it into the Imperium, and destroying any species in their way is granting them mercy. That following the Emperor without question or doubt is the only way for mankind to survive, and that anything done in the name of survival is somehow automatically justified. ...Any number of things."