Goodness Is Just Make-Believe

Summary

Ciaphas Cain and the Lord General remembers the same event differently. Spoiler for Duty Calls. Gen. G-Rating

Tags Drabble, Canon Compliant, Humor, Character Study

Story

"He threw himself between the civilians and the chaos cultist attackers, and defeated them singlehandedly."

"I only wanted to take cover. It was unintentional."

"Then he figured out that there was a timed bomb in the meeting room and stayed behind to defuse it."

"It was just common sense that the assassins would be thorough to take out our leaders. It was more dangerous to do nothing."

"You can see how humble he is."

"It is-" a lie

Fortunately, the truth serum I unknowingly took ceased to work, so my fraudulent reputation as the hero of the Imperium was preserved.

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Published: 2023-08-27 Words: 100

Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/49661968.

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