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As Typhon led the charge against the Iron Hands, he was informed that torpedoes had been launched. This prompted Typhon to order a withdrawal then contact the Dark Angels via [[vox]]. The Lion responded by ordering the Death Guard to pull back except for Typhon and his guards and await a parlay. The Lion landed with 1,000 of his men and he spoke with Midoa, Typhon, and the [[Mechanicum]] directly. The Lion came to [[Magos|High Magos]] [[Khir Doth Iaxis]], Overseer of [[Magellix]] and Custodian of Tuchulcha, who then welcomed the Lion to the planet and asked the [[primarch]] to follow him into the facility. The Lion had Midoa and Typhon escorted elsewhere then proceeded to Tuchulcha's chamber.{{Fn|1}}
The Lion was taken to Tuchulcha deep beneath the surface, and he remembered when he slaughtered machine cultists who worshiped Tuchulcha the last time he was there. On the way, the Lion noticed that Iaxis had an [[electoo]] of a [[Ouraboros]] dragon eating its own tail, which Iaxis said was for the [[Dragon of Mars|Order of the Dragon]], a now defunct organizationorganisation. Inside the chamber, the Lion found an orb 10.7 meters in diameter of an unknown material, Tuchulcha, and that it was watching him. Unlike before, the orb now had two protrusions, only a few centimetres in length, from each pole. A small boy [[servitor]] laid before the device with pipes connecting him to the machine, and through it Tuchulcha spoke. The Lion questioned it, surprised at its ability to communicate through the puppet and that it recognized him. The machine said that he was "the everything," was "everywhere," and "once Servant of the Deadly Seas" before becoming "Friend of the Mechanicum." The Lion responded that the machine was dangerous, but was told by Tuchulcha that he could not be destroyed because he did not truly desire to destroy the machine.{{Fn|1}}
Tuchulcha then explained that the Lion caused him to be afraid. The Lion questioned how the machine knew of the battles above, and it responded that his mind was able to touch theirs before saying that the Lion's mind touched him but it carried a heavy burden of guilt. The Lion questioned Iaxis as to the machine's use and why it was spared. Tuchulcha then demonstrated its [[teleportation]] power, shifting into the throne room of the ''[[Invincible Reason]]'' and translating the whole ship into the [[warp]]. This prompted alarms to go off, and the act both appalled and surprised the Lion. The Lion questioned Tuchulcha how translation was possible being so close to the system's star, and Iaxis responded that the machine didn't have to worry about such concerns. The Lion decided that he had to be friends with the machine, and asked it politely to return them to real space around the planet.{{Fn|1}}
