An arc of nuns in purple habits awaited them inside. A tall one, with glowing green eyes stood at the center. Her face was young, full of vitality.
She spoke, “What has brought you brought you all here?”
Audrey spoke, “We are here on behalf of the Emperor. You will lay down any weapons you may have. The Emperor will be made aware of your intransigence to date.”
A cackle went up amongst the nuns.
Then the nun spoke again. “Oh dear, we shouldn’t laugh. We were just like you. Fools who believed in the power of the Emperor. Little realizing this he was drawing his power from us.”
Audrey felt rage building up inside her and roared out, “This is heresy.”
The noise returned and she convulsed.
“Please stop,” Brona begged.
The noise stopped, Audrey gasped for breath.
“Then many orbits ago, a warp anomaly appeared the sky. We feared death. But an alien appeared that delivered our salvation!”
“Praise be,” the other nuns said in unison.
There was no stopping her now. “It showed us to power of the Jeni and the error or of our ways. The Empire will fall and the Emperor will be brought to his knees.”
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