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** In one very cold situation, Cain mentions that he feels like he's turning into a "freezy stick." Amberley proceeds to explain popsicles exactly as if the readers have never even imagined such a thing, and finishes with an acknowledgment that "It sounds bizarre, I know, but is really very refreshing."
** She can find no explanation for why a planet was named "Simia Orichalcae" ([[Canis Latinicus|High Gothic]] for "Brass Monkey"), but [[Future Imperfect|speculates]] that long ago, a statue of this kind may have been found there. Though she also can't figure out why anyone would've put a statue of a monkey, brass or otherwise, on such a frozen world as Simia Orichalcae.
** Amberley orders an immediate [[Tactical Withdrawal]] when she realizes her small party is about to be attacked by tyranids. Cain's narrative comments that he has no doubt she did so from far nobler motives than mere self-preservation. Her footnote admits, "In all honesty, looking back, none spring to mind."
* 'Then the prophet spake: saying "Frak this, for my faith is a shield proof against your blandishments".' Just the fact that a splinter cult worships Cain as the living embodiment of the God-Emperor's will at all...
* Even in the grim darkness of the far future, people stepping on rakes is good for a laugh.
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