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