You tell him you can take his pain away, for only pain awaits if he persists with this. You can spare him that pain as he never spared you yours. You can tell that he thinks you know nothing of pain. On the contrary, father. I have been the surrogate of your pain. I was born to channel it, just like all my brothers. We were made to bear your pain for you, and suffer it on your behalf. One by one we have all discovered this. Some, like Ferrus, understood it too late. Some, like Konrad, are broken by it, or are driven into madness to escape it, like Lorgar or Fulgrim. Some it has compressed to the dullest metal, like Perturabo or Rogal. Some flee from it, like Russ or Jaghatai, hoping they can outrun it. Some, like Magnus and Roboute, strive in vain to please you so that you might take the pain away. Some, like poor naive Sanguinius, think they can spare you by accepting it completely.
The End and the Death Vol. III, by Dan Abnett
