The Apothecary may not have been able to see the entity clinging to him in the same way as the psyker, he was not warp-touched (thank the Emperor!) but he couldn't shake the feeling that something very close was very wrong; keeping his eyes directed outward and into the dark depths of the tunnel ahead, he nevertheless listened to the back-and-forth of his comrades - were they his comrades now? - as if he were standing right next to them.

He paid little interest to the chit-chatter until Adrienne announced a previously hidden piece of information, pulling two grenades from her hip and showing them to the group. Hallucinogenic grenades were, as with most other forms of bio-weapon in the Imperium, some of the rarest equipment and even he had only ever seen them used once before.

[color=ed1c24]"You are full of surprises, Celestian,"[/color] boomed the words from his beaked helmet, his visor glinting in the dim tunnel, [color=ed1c24]"but...should it work...the plan is sound."[/color]

Only now, the heat of combat-stimms beginning to cool within his body, did the Astartes finally turn to the rest of the group, [color=ed1c24]"is anyone in need of healing? Step forward now."[/color]