第五章
神明的本质
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‘It was not wise, what we did,’ said Donas Maxim.Guilliman gave him a hard stare.
“我们这样做是不明智的，”Donas Maxim开口道。基里曼严肃地瞪了他一眼。
‘No,’ said Guilliman.‘But it was necessary.’
“确实,”Guilliman承认道。“但这是必要的。”
‘To interrogate daemons is to invite them in.It does not matter that you destroyed the beast afterward.And the blade you carry, do not think it will protect you from the slow poisons of the warp, my lord.We are taught this by rote and rod in our Librarius, according to texts you set down.Why did you ask us to perform this act of daemonology?We are not sorcerers.Will you make them of us?’
“审问恶魔的同时也是在邀请它们进入现世。这同你消灭了出现的野兽已经没有关系了。还有你所携带的剑，别以为它能保护你免受亚空间惰性腐化，我的原体。在我们的图书馆里，根据你写下的文本，也是在恪守铭记和棍棒教育之下教会了我们智库这一点。你为什么要我们为你做这类恶魔邪典之事?我们不是巫师。而你会把我们变成他们吗?”
They spoke in Guilliman’s library, his most sacred sanctum.Guilliman had removed the Armour of Fate, though it physically pained him to do so.
他们在基里曼最神圣的书房里交谈。基里曼移下了命运之甲，尽管这样做会让他感到肉体上的痛苦。
Like Maxim, he wore a tunic and trousers.
和马克西姆一样，他也着装束腰外衣和裤子。
The primarch’s clothes were ultramarine blue to Maxim’s forest green, and unlike Maxim’s heavily embroidered garb, Guilliman wore no decoration besides the buckle stamped with the ultima that fastened his belt.As usual, he sat at his desk, working while he talked.
原体的衣服呈极限战士蓝色渐变至马克西姆的森林绿色，而且与马克西姆的绣花服装不同，基里曼除了系在腰带上的印有极限样式的扣带外，没有任何装饰。像往常一样，他坐在办公桌前一边工作一边说话。
Maxim watched the primarch closely.
马克西姆仔细地观察着原体。
He could feel the pain in him.
他能感觉到他的痛苦。
Not only from the wound across his neck, which ached still, nor the nick it had cut in his spirit, but also a deeper hurt, buried beneath pragmatism and duty;a sense of loss, a sense of loneliness, broadcast so potently from that engineered soul it pressed on Maxim’s consciousness as hard as a gauntleted finger grinding against a wall.
不仅来自他脖子上仍疼痛着的伤口，而且来自在原体精神中存在划痕的切深，更是还有一种埋藏在实用主义和责任之下的更深层次的伤害;一种失落感，一种孤独感，从那个精心设计的灵魂中强烈地传播出来，它像戴着护腕的手指在墙上摩擦一样强烈地压迫着马克西姆的意识。
Speaking with the primarch was as taxing as any metaphysical battle.
同原体交谈就像任何形式上的战斗一样费力。
‘I will not make you sorcerers,’ said Guilliman.‘I seized the moment.We are running out of time.Tjejren’s daemonhost was there, available.’
“我绝不会把你们变成异端巫师。”基里曼开口道。“机会转瞬即逝，但我抓住了。因为留给我们的时间不多。Tjejren的恶魔宿主就在那里，随时待命。”
‘Expediency has damned many noble spirits, my lord.’
"权宜之计诅咒了许多高尚的灵魂，我的原体。"
‘Has it damned you, Donas?Your knowledge of the esoteric brought you into my service.You were close to censure yourself.’
“你也在其中吗，多纳斯?你对秘闻的了解让你为我效力。而你几乎就要为此责备自己了。”
‘We are all damned, my lord,’ said Maxim.‘But if I am lost to the warp, it would be a lesser blow to the Imperium than if you were.I urge you, be careful.’
“我们都被诅咒了，我的原体，”马克西姆回答道。“但如果我的意志输给了亚空间的腐化，这对帝国的打击也会比你遭受腐化所带来的损失要小。因此我再度恳求你，务必要小心。”
‘As always, I value your forthrightness, Codicier Maxim,’ said Guilliman.‘It is why I retain you on the Concilia, but the matter is done.I have what I need.I will not pursue the same course of action again, if it sets your mind to rest.’
“我一向很欣赏你的直率，典记官马克西姆，”基里曼说道。“所以我才让你继续留在灵能团体中（也有人翻作灵能理事会），但我想这事情已经完成了。我已经拿到了我需要的东西。并且，若这承诺这能让你安心的话，我绝不会再为此种原因而采取同样的行动了。”
‘A little,’ admitted Maxim.‘I have known others who have taken similar chances.None have escaped harm entirely.’
“我向你坦诚，内心是有些安定了，”马克西姆承认道。我知道其他人也有过类似的经历。没有一个人能完全逃脱附带损害。”
‘You are right to be concerned.I lost more than one brother who thought they could master such beings.They could not, and I know I cannot.Now, I must speak with you of other things.’
“你的担心是对的。我失去了不止一个认为他们可以控制这些存在的兄弟。他们没能逃脱，我知道我也不能。但现在，我得跟你谈点别的事。”
短篇恶魔学识中，莫塔里安就讯问了一个T大魔。
‘Gladly.’
“我很荣幸”。
Guilliman paused.
基里曼停止了陈述。
‘I must also ask for your utmost discretion.What I am about to tell you will be shocking.’
“我还得必须要求你极其谨慎。因为我要告诉你的事会让你大吃一惊。”
‘I am intrigued, for I am not easily shocked.’
“我很好奇，因为我不会那么容易被吓到。”
‘Trust me, you will be,’ said the primarch.
“相信我，你会的，”原体说到。
‘There is another whose counsel I seek on this matter.Please, take a seat.’
“这件事我还请教过另外一个人。请就座吧。”
He gestured to a chair made for transhuman stature by a table that was low enough for a mortal man to use.
他指着一张为超人类而量身打造的桌子，这张桌子低得足以让一个凡人使用。
Maxim took it.
马克西姆坐了上去。
基里曼叫来了灵族智库。
