#horus's boys trampled a whole bunch of civilians accidentally bc theyre too big. i dont think this behaviour is exceptional to the 'bad guy

[gabrielsantar]

done with mechanicum. i think it's pretty safe to say that graham mcneill circa 2008 was the weakest of the heresy writers so far at that point, but i like that he writes rogal dorn and ferrus manus as hunks and he's pretty funny (sometimes accidentally) so i will let it slide. i hope that i can see him improve i read books that came out in later years, but you can feel moments like this where it feels like he's trying to hit a word count.

“‘The labyrinth of the night?’ asked Caxton.  ‘Are you sure that’s what he said?’ ‘Yes, absolutely,’ said Dalia.  ‘The labyrinth of the night.’ ‘The Noctis Labyrinthus,’ said Mellicin, and Caxton nodded. Dalia looked at the pair of them.  ‘Noctis Labyrinthus… what’s that?’ ‘The Labyrinth of the Night, it’s what Noctis Labyrinthus means,’ replied Caxton.”