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"Again you recite without belief," Namri sneered "But I&039;ll accept it for now because I think you knohy you&039;re here" A cold sive you a provisional future, Atreides"

Leto studied the uise?

"Good!" Namri said "Your awareness has been prepared I&039;ve sunk ho, then Have you heard that they use imitation stillsuits in the cities of far Kadrish?"

As Na Imitation stillsuits? They orn on many planets He said: "The foppish habits of Kadrish are an old story often repeated The wise anis"

Naht you here will see you presently Do not try to leave this place It would be your death" Arising as he spoke, Na tie He could hear sounds out there, the quiet voices of e-vision stayed with Leto It brought up the long desert crossing to this place It no longer mattered whether this were Jacurutu/Fondak Na ame Namri played smelled of the Lady Jessica; it stank of the Bene Gesserit Leto sensed an enclosing peril in this realization But that dark passage where Naone was the only exit froe sietch - beyond that, the desert The harsh severity of that desert, its ordered chaos with es and endless dunes, caht He could recross that sand, but where would flight take hinant water It would not quench his thirst

Because of the one-pointed Time awareness in which the conventionalin a sequential, word-oriented framework This mental trap produces very short-term concepts of effectiveness and consequences, a condition of constant, unplanned response to crises -Liet-Kynes, The Arrakis Workbook

Words and movements sihts to those necessaryencounter

The hour was shortly after breakfast, the golden sun of Salusa Secundus just beginning to touch the far wall of the enclosed garden which she could see from herShe had dressed herself carefully: the black hooded cloak of a Reverend Mother, but it carried the Atreides crest in gold worked into an eain at the cuff of each sleeve Jessica arranged the drape of her gar her left arm across her waist to present the Hawk motif of the crest

Farad&039;n noted the Atreides sy on theer or surprise She detected subtle humor in his voice and wondered at it She saw that he had clad hiested He sat on the low green divan to which she directed hi the back

Why do I trust her? he wondered This is a Bene Gesserit witch!

Jessica, reading the thought in the contrast between his relaxed body and the expression on his face, sain is a good one, and you hat I can teach you"

She saw the pinch of a scowl touch his broaved her left hand to calm him "No, I don&039;t read minds I read the face, the body, the mannerisms, tone of voice, set of arms Anyone can do this once they learn the Bene Gesserit Way"

"And you will teach me?"

"I&039;m sure you&039;ve studied the reports about us," she said "Is there anywhere a report that we fail to deliver on a direct promise?"

"No reports, but"

"We survive in part by the complete confidence which people can have in our truthfulness That has not changed"

"I find this reasonable," he said "I&039;in"

"I&039;m surprised you&039;ve never asked the Bene Gesserit for a teacher," she said "They would&039;ve leaped at the opportunity to put you in their debt"

"My ed her to do this," he said "But now" He shrugged, an eloquent comment on Wensicia&039;s banishin this when you were er," Jessica said "It&039;ll be harder for you now, and it&039;ll takepatience, extreh a price"

"Not for the reward you offer"

She heard the sincerity, the pressure of expectations, and the touch of awe in his voice These forin She said: "The art of patience, then - starting with sos and arers for later Are you ready?"

She seated herself on a stool facing hi an expectant expression on his face to conceal the sudden onset of fear Tyekanik had warned him that therebrewed by the Sisterhood "You cannot believe that she has abandoned theain or that they have abandoned her" Farad&039;n had stopped the argury outburst for which he&039;d been iree lanced at the corners of the roolittered was not jeood minds would review every nuance, every word, every aze, but not revealing that she knehere his attention had wandered She said: "To learn patience in the Bene Gesserit Way, youthe essential, raw instability of our universe We call nature -this totality in all of its manifestations - the Ultinize this conditional nature&039;s changing ways, you will hold your two hands at arth in front of you Stare at your extended hands, first the palers, front and back Do it"

Farad&039;n complied, but he felt foolish These were his own hands He knew therow very old in your eyes Very, very old Notice how dry the skin"

"My hands don&039;t change," he said He already could feel the

"Continue to stare at your hands Make theine It e, reverse the process Make your hands young again - as young as you can e at will, back and forth, back and forth"

"They don&039;t change!" he protested His shoulders ached

"If you dee," she said "Concentrate upon visualizing the flow of tie to infancy It may take you hours, days, e-floill teach you to see every syste in relative stability only relative"

"I thought I was learning patience" She heard anger in his voice, an edge of frustration

"And relative stability," she said "This is the perspective which you create with your own belief, and beliefs can be ination You&039;ve learned only a li at the universe Now you must make the universe your own creation This will permit you to harness any relative stability to your own uses, to whatever uses you are capable of i did you say it takes?"

"Patience," she rerin touched his lips His eyes wavered toward her

"Look at your hands!" she snapped

The grin vanished His gaze jerked back to a fixated concentration upon his extended hands

"What do I do whenand concentrate," she said "If you become too tired, stop Return to it after a few minutes of relaxation and exercise You e, this is more important than you could possibly realize Learn this lesson or the others will not come"

Farad&039;n inhaled a deep breath, chewed his lips, stared at his hands He turned them slowly: front, back, front, back His shoulders treed

Jessica arose, crossed to the only door

He spoke without re?"

"You&039;ll work better on this if you&039;re alone I&039;ll return in about an hour Patience"

"I know!"

She studied him a ging abruptness of her own lost son She perive you the exercise lessons to relieve your muscles Give it time You&039;ll be astonished at what you can make your body and your senses do"

She let herself out

The ouards took up station three paces behind her as she strode down the hall Their awe and fear were obvious They were Sardaukar, thrice-warned of her prowess, raised on the stories of their defeat by the Fremen of Arrakis This witch was a Fremen Reverend Mother, a Bene Gesserit and an Atreides

Jessica, glancing back, saw their stern faces as a n She turned away as she cae into the garden below her s