Page 4 (1/2)
"I want you to eion," she said
"Princess, I would walk into fire for you, but this"
"That is an order, Tyekanik!"
He sed, stared into the screen The Laza tigers had finished feeding and now lay on the sand co across their forepaws
"An order, Tyekanik - do you understand e tone
She sighed "Ohh, if my father were only alive"
"Yes, Princess"
"Don&039;t mock me, Tyekanik I kno distasteful this is to you But if you set the example"
"He may not follow, Princess"
"He&039;ll follow" She pointed at the screen "It occurs to me that the Levenbrech out there could be a problem"
"A probleers?"
"That Levenbrech who is their trainer one transport pilot, you, and of course" He tapped his own chest
"What about the buyers?"
"They know nothing What is it you fear, Princess?"
"My son is, well, sensitive"
"Sardaukar do not reveal secrets," he said
"Neither do dead men" She reached forward and depressed a red key beneath the lighted screen
Iot to their feet and looked up the hill at the Levenbrech Moving as one, they turned and began a scra calm at first, the Levenbrech depressed a key on his console His movements were assured but, as the cats continued their dash toward hi the key harder and harder A look of startled awareness ca knife at his waist Theclaw hit his chest and sent hier took his neck in one great-fanged bite and shook him His spine snapped
"Attention to detail," the Princess said She turned, stiffened as Tyekanik drew his knife But he presented the blade to her, handle foremost
"Perhaps you&039;d like to use my knife to attend to another detail," he said
"Put that back in its sheath and don&039;t act the fool!" she raged "Soood man out there, Princess One of my best"
"One ofbreath, sheathed his knife "And what of my transport pilot?"
"This will be ascribed to an accident," she said "You will advise hiers back to us And of course, when he has delivered our pets to Javid&039;s people on the transport" She looked at his knife
"Is that an order, Princess?"
"It is"
"Shall I, then, fall on my knife, or will you take care of that, ahhh, detail?"
She spoke with a false calm, her voice heavy: "Tyekanik, were I not absolutely convinced that you would fall on your knife athere beside ers once
She refused to look at the scene, continued to stare at Tyekanik as she said: "You will, as well, tell our buyers not to bring us any more matched pairs of children who fit the necessary description"
"As you command, Princess"
"Don&039;t use that tone with me, Tyekanik"
"Yes, Princess"
Her lips drew into a straight line Then: "How many more of those paired costumes do we have?"
"Six sets of the robes, complete with stillsuits and the sand shoes, all with the Atreides insignia worked into them"
"Fabrics as rich as the ones on that pair?" she nodded toward the screen
"Fit for royalty, Princess"
"Attention to detail," she said "The garifts for our royal cousins They will be gifts from my son, do you understand me, Tyekanik?"
"Completely, Princess"
"Have him inscribe a suitable note It should say that he sends these few paltry gar on that order"
"And the occasion?"
"There , Tyekanik I leave that to you I trust you, my friend"
He stared at her silently
Her face hardened "Surely you must know that? Who else can I trust since the death ofhow closely she eet on intimate terms with her, as he now suspected his Levenbrech had done
"And Tyekanik," she said, "onetrained to rule There will corasp the sword in his own hands You will knohen that moment arrives I&039;ll wish to be informed immediately"
"As you coly at Tyekanik "You do not approve ofas you reood with animals, but disposable; yes, Princess"
"That is not what I mean!"
"It isn&039;t? Then I don&039;t understand"
"An army," she said, "is composed of disposable, completely replaceable parts That is the lesson of the Levenbrech"
"Replaceable parts," he said "Including the supreme command?"
"Without the supreme command there is seldom a reason for an army, Tyekanik That is why you will iion and, at the san to convert my son"
"At once, Princess I presume you don&039;t want me to stint his education in the other ion?"
She pushed herself out of the chair, strode around hi back "Someday you will try my patience once too often, Tyekanik" With that, she let herself out
Either we abandon the long-honored Theory of Relativity, or we cease to believe that we can engage in continued accurate prediction of the future Indeed, knowing the future raises a host of questions which cannot be answered under conventional assumptions unless one first projects an Observer outside of Time and, second, nullifies all movement If you accept the Theory of Relativity, it can be shown that Time and the Observer must stand still in relationship to each or inaccuracies will intervene This would seee in accurate prediction of the future How, then, do we explain the continued seeking after this visionary goal by respected scientists? How, then, do we explain Muad&039;Dib? -Lectures on Prescience by Harq al-Ada
"I h I knowwill remind you of many experiences from our mutual past, and that this will place you in jeopardy"
She paused to see how Ghani this
They sat alone, just the two of the low cushions in a chamber of Sietch Tabr It had required considerable skill to , and Jessica was not at all certain that she had been alone in the ht, and the excitenitions were past Jessica forced her pulse back to a steady pace and focused her attention into this rock-walled roos and yellow cushions To meet the accumulated tensions, she found herself for the first tiainst Fear from the Bene Gesserit rite
"I must not fear Fear is the s total obliteration I will face h one past I will turn the inner eye to see its path Where the fear has gone there will be nothing Only I will re breath
"It helps at times," Ghanima said "The Litany, I mean"
Jessica closed her eyes to hide the shock of this insight It had been a long time since anyone had been able to read her that inti, especially when it was ignited by an intellect which hid behind a h, Jessica opened her eyes and knew the source of turrandchildren Neither of these children betrayed the stigh Leto showed every sign of so concealment It was for that reason he&039;d been deftly excluded frorained e them to be of little use here, barriers to co moments with her Duke had she lowered these barriers, and she found the action both relief and pain There remained facts which no curse or prayer or litany could wash froht would not leave such facts behind They could not be ignored Eleed and the tinet in the void; evil and all the sadthe play of erandmother&039;s face, marveled that Jessica had let down her controls