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Back aboard the Nolandia, Rubio warned Garro what he felt, though he could not say from whom. This worried Garro, but they are interrupted by a message breaking into Garro's Legion vox from Hakeem. Hakeem stated that he believed there are Warmaster traitors at large. He stated that he thought Varren was honest, but that Rakishio and the Emperor's Children were not. His proof is that they call Rakishio "The Shadowed," and that he was good at deception. Additionally, they meet in secret aboard the tanker ship ''Mistral'' in Warrior Lodges meetings. Hakeem then ends the conversation. The message made Garro worry as to what Khorarinn would do if he found out, and Rubio explained that they didn't have much time due to the refugees lacking nourishment. They were then interrupted by the Custodian demanding that they come to the bridge. Once there, he tells them that he is issuing a vox alert to all ships that they are to stand by to be inspected deck-by-deck. The ''Daggerline'' tried to respond, but Khorarinn refused to accept. Garro explained that the action will only panic the civilians, and the Mistral broke formation and attempted to flee. After failing to respond to hails, Khorarinn ordered it destroyed, as an object lesson to the others. Garro pleaded for the Custodian to stop as Rubio used his power to see what was happening on the ''Mistral'', and he was able to sense something dark trying to hide from him aboard it. As Garro pleaded over the vox for the ''Mistral'' to stop, Khorarinn was able to get a firing solution and destroyed the ship.{{fn|2d}}

Rubio waited with their Arvus Lighter as Librarian began to probe with his psyker abilities to find the deceit he sensed earlier that was aboard the ''Mistral''. Instead of guarding the shuttle, Rubio determined that he must follow the sense. At the same time, Rakishio chalenged the distrust by Garro, and he swore his loyalty to the Emperor. Then Garro challenged him, asking why the ''Mistral'' fled to begin with. Rakishio accused Khorarinn of sowing fear, and said that the Custodian ordered representatives to appear on the deck to meet with him. Garro went with them, waiting with the other legionaries for the Custodian's arrival as Khorarinn and Naval ratings teleported in. Khorarinn threatened them, saying any who went for a weapon would be killed, then he criticized Garro for being there. Then the Custodian said he was taking command of all the ships, and Varren pushed back. In response, Khorarinn had a Mechanicum adept come forward to show a hololith image of the ''Mistral'' bridge that showed a legionary in the colors of the Emperor's Children execute the crew before taking control and forcing the ship to break away from the others. The Custodian then declares that Rakishio and his men were traitors.{{fn|2e}}

==Sources==

*{{Endn|1}}: [https://www.blacklibrary.com/the-horus-heresy/novels/hh-garro-weapon-of-fate-ebook.html Black Library]

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