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"And he was trained by hola!" The words were torn frohola," she reminded him
It was too ed hihed, stepped aside, andh, Idaho behind her She turned, spoke to al-Fali in the doorway "You are to go to Stilgar He&039;s to be trusted"
"Yes" But she still heard doubts in the old o at once Is there anything you wish to take?"
"Only my co a lanced up at him "You were always the best &039;thopter pilot in our service, Duncan"
This did not a the way he&039;d come Al-Fali fell into step beside Jessica "How did you know he came by &039;thopter?"
"He wears no stillsuit," Jessica said
Al-Fali appeared abashed by this obvious perception He would not be silenced, though "Our ar&039;s They could&039;ve been seen"
"Were you seen, Duncan?" Jessica asked Idaho&039;s back
"You know better than that," he said "We fleer than the dune tops"
They turned into a side passage which led doard in spiral steps, debouching finally into an open chale ornithopter sat facing the far wall, crouched there like an insect waiting to spring The ould be false rock, then - a door opening onto the desert As poor as this sietch was, it still maintained the instruments of secrecy and mobility
Idaho opened the ornithopter&039;s door for her, helped her into the right-hand seat As she moved past him, she saw perspiration on his forehead where a lock of the black goat-hair lay tu that head spouting blood in a noisy cavern The steely ht her out of that recollection Nothing was as it see her seatbelt
"It&039;s been along ti and far ti the controls
Al-Fali and the two younger Fremen waited beside the controls to the false rock, prepared to open it
"Do you think I harbor doubts about you?" Jessica asked, speaking softly to Idaho
Idaho kept his attention on an engine instrunited the impellers and watched a needle esture in his sharp features, gone as quickly as it had come
"I am still Atreides," Jessica said "Alia is not"
"Have no fear," he grated "I still serve the Atreides"
"Alia is no longer Atreides," Jessica repeated
"You needn&039;t re"
The desperation in his voice was quite unexpected, out of keeping with the Idaho she&039;d known Putting down a renewed sense of fear, Jessica asked: "Where are we going, Duncan? You can tell me now"
But he nodded to al-Fali and the false rock opened outward into bright silvery sunlight The ornithopter leaped outward and up, its wings throbbing with the effort, the jets roaring, and they mounted into an ee which could be seen as a dark line upon the sand
Presently he said: "Do not think harshly of ht harshly of you since that night you ca drunk on spice-beer," she said But his words renewed her doubts, and she fell into the relaxed preparedness of coht well," he said "I was very young inexperienced"
"But the best swordmaster in my Duke&039;s retinue"
"Not quite, My Lady Gurney could best lanced at her "Where is Gurney?"
"Doing "
He shook his head
"Do you knohere we&039;re going?" she asked
"Yes, My Lady"
"Then tell me"
"Very well I proainst House Atreides Only one way, really, to do that" He pressed a button on the control wheel and cocoon restraints whipped from Jessica&039;s seat, enfolded her in unbreakable softness, leaving only her head exposed "I&039; you to Salusa Secundus," he said "To Farad&039;n"
In a rare, uncontrolled spashten, easing only when she relaxed, but not before she felt the deadly shigawire concealed in the protective sheathing
"The shigawire release has been disconnected," he said, not looking at her "Oh yes, and don&039;t try Voice onway since the days when you could move ainst such wiles"
"You&039;re obeying Alia," Jessica said, "and she -"
"Not Alia," he said "We do The Preacher&039;s bidding He wants you to teach Farad&039;n as once you taught Paul"
Jessica re Leto&039;s words, that she would find an interesting student Presently she said: "This Preacher - is he reat distance: "I wish I knew"
The universe is just there; that&039;s the only way a Fedaykin can view it and remain the master of his senses The universe neither threatens nor pros beyond our sway: the fall of aThese are the realities of this universe and they ardless of how you feel about them You cannot fend off such realities ords They will come at you in their oordless way and then, then you will understand what isthis, you will be filled with joy -Muad&039;Dib to his Fedaykin
"And those are the things we have set in s were done for you"
Farad&039;n remainedroo his shadow on the white-carpeted floor Light reflected from the wall behind his mother drew a nimbus around her hair She wore her usual white robe triold - reminders of royal days Her heart-shaped face appeared co his every reaction His stoh he&039;d just come from breakfast
"You don&039;t approve?" Wensicia asked
"What is there to disapprove?" he asked
"Well that we kept this from you until now?"
"Oh, that" He studied his mother, tried to reflect upon his co he had noticed recently, that Tyekanik no longer called her "My Princess" What did he call her? Queen Mother?
Why do I feel a sense of loss? he wondered What a his carefree days, time for those pursuits of the mind which so attracted his would be gone forever New responsibilities would demand his attention He found that he resented this deeply How dared they take such liberties with his ti hi"
"What if this plan fails?" he asked, saying the first thing that came into his mind
"How can it fail?"
"I don&039;t know Any plan can fail How&039;re you using Idaho in all of this?"
"Idaho? What&039;s this interest in Oh, yes - thatof him The mystic spoke of Idaho, didn&039;t he?"
It was a clu at his mother in wonder!
"It&039;s just that I&039;ve never seen a ghola," he said
She accepted this, said: "We&039;re saving Idaho for so important"
Farad&039;n chewed silently at his upper lip
Wensicia found herself reminded of his dead father Dalak had been like that at times, very inward and complex, difficult to read Dalak, she re, and there&039;d been so of the dandy and the fanatic in both of theret having Tyek lead the lad into the Arrakeen religion Who knehere that ht take him?
"What does Tyek call you now?" Farad&039;n asked
"What&039;s that?" She was startled by this shift
"I&039;ve noticed that he doesn&039;t call you &039;My Princess&039; anymore"