Warhammer 40k: The Standards Ch.4

Brutus awoke in the same room he was before; he lay there for a moment trying to recall what had happened the day before. Flavius instructed that it was important that he rest the day before surgery, and was given a few books to entertain him. When the books began to bore him he fell asleep, and woke up in a different room, strapped to a steel table. There were two men arguing in the darkness that surrounded him. One was questioning his abilities, but the other calmly assured the questioning one that, “I have seen his determination myself, and I have no doubt Brutus will be a fine Ultramarine.” A feeling of pride began to swell in Brutus’ chest as he had received his first compliment from a captain! He never imagined hearing Cordus giving him a compliment while he was still a neophyte. Then he remembered Cordus’s words telling him he must overcome the odds. Only then would he be admitted as a fully-fledged space marine. He stood, and made his way to the door to see if he could…