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"He is Wadquiyas with you Your people found hiht him to Shuloch What a rich discovery he was! Richer than a spice-vein Wadquiyas! He has lived with you; his water led with your tribe&039;s water He&039;s part of your Spirit River" Leto pressed the knife hard against Muriz&039;s robe "Careful, Muriz" Leto lifted his left hand, released the Fre what Leto planned, Muriz said: "Where would you go if you killed us both?"
"Back to Jacurutu"
Leto pressed the fleshy part of his own thuainst Muriz&039;s mouth "Bite and drink, Muriz That or die"
Muriz hesitated, then bit viciously into Leto&039;s flesh
Leto watched theconvulsion, withdrew the knife and returned it
"Wadquiyas," Leto said "I must offend the tribe before you can take my water"
Muriz nodded
"Your pistol is over there" Leto gestured with his chin
"You trust me now?" Muriz asked
"How else can I live with the Cast Out?"
Again Leto saw the sly look in Muriz&039;s eyes, but this ti of economics The man turned aith an abruptness which told of secret decisions, recovered hisstep "Co in a worm&039;s lair"
The future of prescience cannot always be locked into the rules of the past The threads of existence tangle according to many unknos Prescient future insists on its own rules It will not confor of science Prescience builds a relative integrity It de that you cannot weave every thread into the fabric of the past -Kalima: The Words of Muad&039;Dib, The Shuloch Coht the ornithopter in over Shuloch with a practiced ease Leto, seated beside hi went on trust now and the narrow thread of his vision to which he clung If that failed, Allahu akbahr Soreater order
The butte of Shuloch was impressive in this desert Its unmarked presence here spoke of h places Leto could see at Shuloch&039;s heart a cliff-walled pan with interfringing blind canyons leading down into it A thick growth of shadescale and salt bushes lined the lower edges of these canyons with an inner ring of fan pals of greenbush and spice-fiber had been built out froreen buttons scattered on the sand There would live the cast out of the Cast Out, those who could go no lower except into death
Muriz landed in the pan near the base of one of the canyons A single structure stood on the sand directly ahead of the &039;thopter: a thatch of desert vines and bejato leaves, all lined with heat-fused spice-fabric It was the living replica of the first crude stilltents and it spoke of degradation for some who lived in Shuloch Leto knew the place would leak rowth So this was how his father lived And poor Sabiha Here would be her punishment
At Muriz&039;s order Leto let himself out of the &039;thopter, jumped down to the sand, and strode toward the hut He could seethe palms They looked tattered, poor, and the fact that they barely glanced at him or at the &039;thopter said much of the oppression here Leto could see the rock lip of a qanat beyond the workers, and there was nothe sense ofthe hut, Leto saas as crude as he&039;d expected He pressed on to the qanat, peered down and saw the swirl of predator fish in the dark flow The workers, avoiding his eyes, went on with clearing sand away fros
Muriz came up behind Leto, said: "You stand on the boundary between fish and worm Each of these canyons has its worm This qanat has been opened and ill remove the fish presently to attract sandtrout"
"Of course," Leto said "Holding pens You sell sandtrout and worestion!"
"I know But none of your wor away from Dune"
"Not yet," Muriz said "But someday"
"Not in ten thousand years," Leto said And he turned to watch the turmoil on Muriz&039;s face Questions flowed there like the water in the qanat Could this son of Muad&039;Dib really read the future? Some still believed Muad&039;Dib had done it, but How could a thing such as this be judged?
Presently Muriz turned away, led them back to the hut He opened the crude doorseal,against the far wall and a s oil gave off a heavy fragrance of cinnamon
"They&039;ve sent down a new captive to care for Muad&039;Dib&039;s sietch," Muriz sneered "If she serves well, she may keep her water for a time "He confronted Leto "Some think it evil to take such water Those lace-shirt Fremen now make rubbish heaps in their nens! Rubbish heaps! When has Dune ever before seen rubbish heaps! When we get such as this one -" He gestured toward the figure by the lamp "- they&039;re usually half ith fear, lost to their own kind and never accepted by true Freh?"
"I understand you" The crouching figure had notus," Muriz said "Fremen are led by men who&039;ve been blooded What could you lead us in?"
"Kralizec," Leto said, keeping his attention on the crouched figure
Muriz glared at hio eyes Kralizec? That wasn&039;t le It was a word froends: the battle at the end of the universe Kralizec?
The tall Fremen sed convulsively This sprat was as unpredictable as a city dandy! Muriz turned to the squatting figure "Wo us the spicedrink!"
She hesitated "Do as he says, Sabiha," Leto said
She ju She stared at hiaze from his face
"You know this one?" Muriz asked
"She is Namri&039;s niece She offended Jacurutu and they have sent her to you"
"Namri? But"
"Liban wahid," Leto said
She rushed past theh the doorseal and they heard the sound of her running feet
"She will not go far," Muriz said He touched a finger to the side of his nose "A kin of Na What did she do to offend?"
"She allowed me to escape" Leto turned then and followed Sabiha He found her standing at the edge of the qanat Leto moved up beside her and looked down at the water There were birds in the nearby fan pals The workerssounds as theydown, deep into the water and its reflections The corners of his eyes saw blue parakeets in the palm fronds One flew across the qanat and he saw it reflected in a silver swirl of fish, all run together as though birds and predators swam in the same firmament
Sabiha cleared her throat
"You hate me," Leto said
"You shamed me You shamed me before my people They held an Isnad and sent hed froh, that our Spirit River has many tributaries"
"But"That is no tributary Sabiha is the fate of my vision and I follow her I fled across the desert to find my future here in Shuloch"
"You and" He pointed at Sabiha, threw his head back in laughter
"It will not be as either of you ht believe," Leto said "Remember this, Muriz I have found the footprints of ives water to the dead," Sabiha whispered
Even Muriz stared at hiift of the soul Almost embarrassed, Muriz closed his mouthseal, pulled his djeballa hood low over his brows
Leto peered beyond the man, said: "Here in Shuloch they still pray for dew at the desert&039;s edge Go, Muriz, and pray for Kralizec I proreat concision, a precise sense of expression It is immersed in the illusion of absolutes Its assuions Further They confront the terrifying instability of all things with institutionalized statements They say: "We know there is no sue; that is the preserve of God But whatever ed approach to the universe they carve a fantastic belief in signs and oin of their Kralizec legend: the war at the end of the universe -Bene Gesserit Private Reports/folio 800881
"They have hi across the square stone room at Gurney Halleck "You may report this to your friends"
"Where is this safe place?" Halleck asked He didn&039;t like Namri&039;s tone, felt constrained by Jessica&039;s orders Damn the witch! Her explanationsabout what could happen if Leto failed to master his terrible memories
"It&039;s a safe place," Namri said "That&039;s all I&039;m permitted to tell you"
"How do you know this?"
"I&039;ve had a distrans Sabiha is with him"
"Sabiha! She&039;ll just let hi to kill hirie of those da across the desert with hiddencalls But how far would they go on this hellhole planet?
"I must see him for myself," Halleck said
"That&039;s not permitted"
Halleck took a deep breath to quiet hi for search reports Noas anotherhim naked He had never liked command anyway Coerous things
"Why isn&039;t it pered this safe-sietch had left too many questions unanswered and he wanted no more of the same from Namri
"Some believe you saw too much when you saw this sietch," Namri said
Halleck heard the hter, hand near but not on his knife He longed for a shield, but that had been ruled out by its effect on the worenerated static charges
"This secrecy isn&039;t part of our agreement," Halleck said
"If I&039;d killed hiain Halleck felt the jockeying of unseen forces about which the Lady Jessica hadn&039;t warned hiht not to trust the Bene Gesserit Immediately, he felt disloyal She&039;d explained the problem, and he&039;d come into her plan with the expectation that it, like all plans, would need adjustments later This wasn&039;t any Bene Gesserit; this was Jessica of the Atreides who&039;d never been other than friend and supporter to him Without her, he knew he&039;d have been adrift in a universe erous than the one he now inhabited
"You can&039;t answer my question," Namri said
"You were to kill him only if he showed himself to be possessed," Halleck said "Aboht ear "Your Lady knee had tests for such Wise of her to leave that judgment in my hands"