into so narrow a maze of corridors all at once.
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An orkish word, which translates roughly as ''go away'', but which may also mean, ''leave it alone'', or ''1 doubt your veracity'', according to context. Clearly the second of the three meanings is intended here.
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The township on Perlia where Cain's celebrated March of Liberation began. It was subsequently renamed Cainstead, to his mingled amusement and embarrassment; even after taking up residence on that world, as a tutor at the schola progenium there following his retirement, he continued to refer to the place by its original name.
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Orks in a position of authority.
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The usual orkish word for their smaller cousins.
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Clearly not a literal half-dozen, then...
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Presumably in one of the minor firefights Cain glossed over a few pages ago.
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The actual mechanisms of teleportation are a little more complex than that, involving the linkage of two discrete physical points through a precisely focussed Geller field, but Cain's typically forthright description is close enough for most purposes.
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Possibly because his peculiar gift cushioned him from the worst effects of exposure to the warp, although Cain would have had no way of knowing that at the time.