"Then they have never seen true combat, only playing at war. Every luxury they cling to can be stripped away, and with that, they crumble." Chapter Master Calgar had enormous estates on Macragge. He never visited them. He had let them be ransacked by Chaos, to lay a trap for their demise. That was how lightly wealth should be handled, in Gadriel's mind.

Then again, he'd never had any.

Gadriel hadn't answered because to him the answer was obvious. "Yes. Of course." Always. That was how one kept skills sharp.