"Arrakis." "Dune." "Wastelandofthe empire... andthemost valuableplanet in the universe... becauseitishere, andonlyhere... where spiceis found." "Thespice." "Withoutit there is no commercein the empire... there isno civilization." "Arrakis." "Dune." "Home ofthespice... greatest treasure in the universe." "Andhe who controlsit... controls our destiny." "Father!" "Father!" "Mentats, pleasereport to fusionplants." "Lifesupport technicians, prepare fordeparture." "Thismove toArrakis... comesata delicatemoment forHouseAtreides... a testofyour father´s loyalty to the emperor." "Youmustremember, Paul... oursocietyisa tangledweb... ofcompeting forces." "Our civilizationrests uponapoliticaltripod... amostunstable ofstructures." "A deceptivebalance ofpowerexists... between the emperor, the Congress ofRoyalHouses... andthesupposedlyimpartial Spacing Guild... withits invulnerablemonopoly oninterstellartransport... complicatedbya feudal tradingculture that turnsits" "Dr. Yueh would be disappointed." "Then he´d know how I feel." "Attention.:" "Departureat01000." "It´s never easy leaving one´s home, Paul." "Think ofthis as a new adventure, the adventure ofa lifetime." "You call this an adventure?" "Leaving our home for some dry speck ofdust... in the middle ofnowhere." "You´re a duke´s son." "You have duties, responsibilities." "How could I ever forget?" "Every day I have to eat responsibility for breakfast... and duty for dinner." "Sarcasm doesn´t becomeyou." "I just want to see my father." "So do I." "Attention.:" "Departureat01000." "AllAtreidespersonnel, pleaseprepare fordeparture." "The Reverend Mother has arrived." "She wants to seeyou before we depart forArrakis." "You have given him your face, Jessica... but the father has given him his eyes." " And his courage." " We shall see." "Come here, Paul." "Let me have a better look atyou." "Ifyou know what´s good foryou, you´ll do as I say." "I´ll be thejudge ofwhat´s good for me." "Your mother has taughtyou many things, I see." "She tells meyou dream." "Your Reverence, ifI could" "You´re dismissed,Jessica." "Since when is it permitted to treat the LadyJessica as a common servant?" "She was a common servant." "My servant." "And a good one, too, until she was 1 6... and your father took her." "Now..." "I would like to hear aboutyour dreams." "They´rejust dreams." "About what?" "Why don´tyou tell me?" "Doyou know what this is?" "It is a test, young Atreides." "A test forwhat?" "Putyour hand inside and we´ll see." "What´s in it?" "Pain." "I hold the GomJabbar atyour throat, young Atreides." "Keepyour hand in the box and live." "Remove it and die." "I must not fear." "Fear is the mind killer." "That´s right, boy." "Pray." "I will face my fear." "I will let it pass through me." "When the fear is gone, there will be nothing." "Only I will remain." "No woman-child... everwithstood that much pain." "You are a gifted boy, young Atreides... butyou have much to learn." "He survived." "You should have warned me." "She was forbidden." "I´m sorry." "Paul." "You were supposed to have a daughter." "Youhavehopelessly complicatedmatters." "An Atreides daughter could´ve been wed to the Harkonnen heir." "The feud between the houses could have been ended." " My duke wanted a son." " Oh, you arrogant girl." "Putting his desires above our interests." "How dareyou turn your back on the centuries ofour breeding programs?" " I´ll pay for my mistakes." " And your son will paywith you." "We´ll do what we can." "He may be worth saving, but for the father, nothing." "Good thing you don´t playyour baliset as badly as you fight, Gurney." "It´s too bad Duncan isn´t here." "Then I could get a real workout." "Nowyou´ve done it." "Whoa, Gurney man." "Never submit to anger." "Fast on defense... slow on attack." " You forgotyour first principle." " Not likely." "Look down, lad." "Perhaps you´d like to sing soprano... next time I play." "Guess I´m just not in the mood today." "Not in the mood?" "Mood is a thing for cattle and women, young pup." "Mood is not for fighting." "Even with the weirding ways your mother teaches you." "It´s that old Bene Gesserit witch." "Something she said." "Or did." "The navigator is arriving." "Spacing Guildshuttle N1 17 arrivingcentraltransportpods." "This zoneisnowrestricted." "We´ll be on ourway to Arrakis soon." "It is said... that they depend on the spice... that without it, they can´t navigate." "It is said." "They used to be human, didn´t they?" "Till the spice changed them." "I don´t think anyone knows for sure." "I´ve never seen one." "No one has." "It´s forbidden, Paul." "So don´t endanger our shipping privileges trying." "Allnon-guildpersonnel, pleasesecure orders." "Will Arrakis be as bad as they say, Thufir?" "The storms, perhaps." "They can eat the flesh offyour bones as you stand." "The only thing that doesn´t fear an Arrakis storm is the giant worm." "It´s not worms I worry about." "Your father is a formidable man, Paul." "Even the emperor fears him." "I´d sooner cast my fate with him... than trust anything some Bene Gesserit hag said." "Why doyou hate them?" "The Bene Gesserits." "I don´t hate them." "I don´t trust them." "I am a Mentat." "I trust logic and statistics... not mysticism and prophecy." "Attention.:" "AllAtreidespersonnel... restriction to quarters nowin effect." "Repeat.:" "Restriction to quarters nowin effect." "Pleaseprepare fordeparture." "Spacing Guildnavigator dockingcentraltransportpod." "This zoneisnowrestricted." "Repeat.:" "Spacing Guildnavigator dockingcentraltransportpod." "This zoneisnowrestricted." "Andsoitbegins." "The trap isset." "The prey approaches." "A glorious winter is about to descend on House Atreides and all its heirs." "The centuries ofhumiliation visited upon my family... will finally be avenged." "But Arrakis was mine!" "Shut up, Rabban." "I did whatyou said, Uncle." "I made the people cower." "I crushed that vile planet." "He said squeeze, brother, not crush." "Rabban aspires to rule House Harkonnen one day, Feyd." "Yet he can´t even rule himself." "Explain our plan, Mentat." "The plan is elegant and vicious... dear Baron." "Ofcourse it is." "I designed it." "In order for the empire to survive, the spice must flow." "But the production has become inconsistent." "In his wisdom, the emperor decided... only one man is honest enough and loyal enough... to be trusted with restoring the spice production adequately." "Duke Leto Atreides." "Temporarily interrupting 80 years of Harkonnen rule... and all the profits that go with it." "Damn it!" "I said temporarily, you moron." "It doesn´t take long for Duke Leto... to believe he has Arrakis... firmly under control." "And then, at the moment ofhis greatest confidence" "The traitor strikes." "A traitor?" "Who?" "That remains my little secret for now." "What about the other great houses?" "They´re sure to protest." "Perverting common wisdom, nephew, is a mark ofall great conspiracies." "You see, nephews, a popular man arousesjealousy... and Duke Leto is a very popular man." "The other great houses will be glad to get rid ofhim... even though they would never admit it." "The spice... will flow." "The emperorwill be pleased... and House Harkonnen will be more powerful than ever." "Alone and vulnerable at the edge ofthe universe... valiant Duke Leto will finally come face to face... with fear." "When I´m through, he won´t know whom to trust... not even that Bene Gesserit witch he sleeps with." "They´ll all be turning on one another... like rats in a flood." "By the time the traitor is fully revealed... the fate ofAtreides will already be sealed." "My son always says you have a feline grace, Duncan." "I didn´t want to startleyou, milord." "The latest emigration reports." "They fear our regime will be as bad as the Harkonnens´." "We´re losing too many." "The spice hunters, drivers, weather scanners, dune men we´ll need." "Should I persuade some to stay?" "I have something more important foryou to do." "I wantyou to go into the desert." "The Fremen?" "I´m getting reports ofhundreds, perhaps thousands in villages... what they call sietches." "In the deep desert... beyond the mountains." "The Harkonnens sneered at the desert people... hunted them for sport." "I doubt they´ll expect any better from us." "Then we have to change that." "We´re going to need allies here, Duncan." "I wantyou... to seek out their leader... this Liet I keep hearing about." "A phantom." "He may not even exist, could even be many different men." "Find out." "Negotiate patience... so I can demonstrate our good intentions with deeds." "IfI´m lucky, theywill judge all ofus byyou." "You honor me." "I´m endangering you, and I know it." "Butyou´re the only one I can trust with this." "Such a dusty little garrison town." "A testament to the harsh climate ofthe place." "What´s he doing?" "Water seller, milady." "You need never bother with the likes ofthem." "The cistern at the palace holds 50,000 gallons... and it´s always kept full." "What´s wrong with their eyes?" "Those are Fremen, desert people." "It´s the spice." "It´s everywhere-- the air, the food." "By the time a Fremen child is 1 2... his eyes have turned completely blue." "Guards everywhere." "We didn´t have to live like this on Caladan." "Family apartments are in the west wing." "I´ll have the furniture brought up." " What is this for?" " An old custom, I´m told." "Guests ceremoniously splash water on the floor afterwashing their hands." "They save the squeezings." "Demeaning custom." "Idaho has prepared for us well, milord." "Duncan?" "Where is Duncan?" "Can I see him?" "I have him occupied on official business for the moment." "You´ll have to be patient." "I´ve assembled the general staff, as you´ve requested." "Don´t take it up there." "I want the coat ofarms to hang here." "The first thing visitors must see." "This is House Atreides now." "We are not like the Harkonnen." "You will be treated here with respect." "From now on, we speak the lady´s language... at all times." "The Shadout Mapes, milady." "Head ofhousehold staff." "Mapes... show milady our apartments, make sure she has everything she needs." "I´ll join you after the briefing." "This way, milady." "Come, Paul." "The men are waiting." "Me?" "Right now?" "It´s timeyou participated." "I´ve had the girls sandscrub these walls... to within a millimeter oftheir frames." "The Harkonnen stench is finally gone." "Built by off-worlders manyyears ago." "A chapel for the memories... ofwhat they left behind when they came here." "A thousand people could survive a year... on the water it takes to keep this place a month." "And the Harkonnen never let us forget it, milady." "Your name, Shadout." "It means well-dipper, doesn´t it?" "I was raised in the desert sietches, Noble Born." "Refer to me as milady, Mapes." "I´m not noble born." "I am the bound concubine ofthe duke." "There is no wife?" "I´m his only companion, the mother ofhis son." " You are a Bene Gesserit?" " Yes." "I know the ancient tongues." "I´m trained in the ancient ways." "This place is precious." "It should be protected." "Tell the people, Mapes... this place belongs to them now." "As long as we rule here... the Atreides familywill keep it in trust for them." "Stay there." "Give them back their money." "Go on." "It is the custom, milady." "This custom stops now." "Do as I said." "Do as I said." "Waterwill never again be sold at the Atreides´ door." "At the end ofevery meal... any person who calls at this door... may receive a full cup, free." "Is it possible?" "Could it be possible that she brings the Mahdi?" "The thing must take its course." "Whatabout theminingaccounts?" "The Harkonnen spice operation took ten billion solaris... out ofhere everyyear." "Does anyone here still think that the Harkonnen havejust packed up and left?" "Gurney, I wantyou to make contact with the smugglers... operating in the deep desert." "Tell them that we´ll ignore what they´re doing from now on... as long as they make it worth theirwhile." "The emperor is extremelyjealous ofhis spice profits, milord." "It´s one thing to turn a blind eye to smugglers." "It´s quite another to pocket some oftheir earnings." "Just tell him what we´re doing." "Bank the entire amount to his name..." "Shaddam the Fourth." "But then deduct it from our taxes as a legitimate expense." "In otherwords, cost ofdoing business." "What?" "I wouldjust love to see the baron´s face when he hears ofthis." "All the Harkonnen parasites who got rich taking smuggler bribes... will be flushed into the open." "No more graft." "The emperor cannot deny this... not in public anyhow." "Well done, lad." "Well done." "Now" "An emperor´s daughter must do better." "Worthy to beyour firstborn, hmm?" "They tell me her ambitions tend more to the literary than the political." "Never underestimate the political uses... ofan awakened mind, Majesty." "Subterfuge and cunning... are often better allies... than a fierce heart and a strong back." "All she lacks is the primacy ofour gender." "Then you must marry herwell." "Someone with a suitably pliable personality." "Too bad it won´t be thatyoung Atreides." "A most admirable lad, I´m told." "Good union ofbreeding and training." "We must arrange to send Duke Leto a token ofour love." "He must continue to think ofus fondly." "Why did we comehere, Father?" "And don´tjust tell me it´s a matter ofhonor or duty." "There´s more to it, isn´t there?" "I´ve never lied toyou, son." "We´ve been entrusted... with the most profitable commodity in the universe." "That alone makes us many enemies." "Then why don´t we call them out?" "Expose them in front ofthe emperor." "What ifhe´s one ofthem?" "This is a hard lesson, son." "In the world we live in... self-interest governs all." "The emperor needs us... for the moment... to administerArrakis, to make the spice flow." "But he fears us, Paul." "He fears my influence among the great houses." "Ifhe decides it´s in his interests... that House Atreides should fall... he will do nothing to stop it." "He might even invite opportunity to hasten it." "Then ifyou´re right, this place is a trap." "Perhaps." "But knowing there´s a trap is the first step... in evading it." "Ishouldhave taken the HouseAtreides renegade... fledto the darkestcorners ofthe universe." "You´re too honorable for that, my love." "I´m too fed up." "This endless feud stops here." "The Harkonnen are a rogue clan, Leto." "No matter how much prestige they try to buy... they´ll never have the respectyou´ve earned." "Respect can´t buy us peace." "I´d trade it all for a place somewhere... anywhere where we could be alone, where Paul could be safe." "And all I had to think about was your happiness." "Maybe then I could finally make" "Please don´t talk about things that can´t be." "You belong toyour time." "I was bred to my destiny." "Even ifI were able to go back and choose..." "I would change nothing." "One ofyours, Turok?" "Harkonnen mercenaries." "Someone is signaling from the palace." "Saveyour strength for the desert, Atreides." "Word has already been sent to the palace." "We have people among you." " Are they trustworthy?" " They are Fremen." "I´ll take care ofthese." " I didn´t mean to intrude." " Forgive me, milady." "I was enjoying the morning." "For a moment I could imagine mywife walking there." "My Sook conditioning is supposed to rid me ofunstable emotions like hope." "Still, it´s all I have left." "We have spies everywhere, Dr. Yueh." "Ifshe´s still alive, we´ll find her." "Seems almost a sacrilege." "Wasting one´s water in a land starved for it." "I´m sorrywe dragged you here to this dangerous place." "I came willingly, milady." "Onlyhalfthesandcrawlers are operable... but we´ll have most ofthe ornithopters working soon." "That is a harvester factory." "We have about a thousand." "As big as she is, there are worms in the desert could swallow one ofthese whole." "Why don´t we use shields?" "Shields are useless in the desert." "Even a simple body shield will call everyworm within a hundred kilometers." "Drives them into a killing frenzy." "The imperial ecologist, milord, Dr. Kynes." "We prefer the traditional term, "planetologist."" "I understand we haveyou to thank for our stillsuits." "I hope they fit well." "This is basically a high-efficiency filter-and-heat-exchange system." "The skin layer is porous." "Perspiration passes through heat filaments... and salt precipitators." "Water is reclaimed in catchpockets... which you can draw from this tube." "Properly adjusted, water loss is kept under 1 5 milliliters a day." "That´s hardly measurable." "That´s the point." "You´re a Fremen." "I am accepted in both sietch and village." "But I am in the emperor´s employ." "You´ve worn a stillsuit before." "This is the first time." "Someone adjusted it foryou?" "Itjust seemed the right way to put it on, that´s all." "Well, then... the desert awaits." "Maintain 1 20 degrees southeast, milord." "Set." "That´s where the sandmaster is concentrating his equipment." "How many men are there on a mining crew?" "As few as possible." "Mining is a perilous adventure at best, milord." "Has anyone ever been lost out this far and survived?" "Men have walked out ofthe nearer zones... by crossing the rock areas where worms seldom go." "Fremen?" " Fremen." " There it is." "That´s the harvester." "Those are the scouts?" "Yes." "Watching forwormsign." "Wormsign?" "Wherever there is spice, there are worms." "Always?" "They defend the spice sands." "Has there been an effort to wipe them out?" "Too much area to cover." "Too manyworms." "A rich field, by the look ofthe color." "Is that wormsign?" "Where´s the carryall to evacuate the harvester?" "Wormsign, approximately 40 kilometers." " He´s gotyou." " Confirmed." "Interceptinsixminutes." "Do they always cut it this close?" "It is not standard procedure." "The carryall should be here by now." " How many men on that harvester?" " Usually 23, milord." " Areyou sure the worm will attack?" " No doubt about it." "Crew on the harvester, this is Duke Leto Atreides." "We are coming in to takeyou out." "Cease operations, prepare evacuation." "Spotters, land to the west." "Prepare to be boarded." "Those spotters can only carry four men in addition to the crew, milord." "We can only get another two in here." "Work on the back seats." "We´ll jettison them, get in three more." "This is HarvesterDeltaAjax Niner." "With duerespect, wehavea fullload." "Damn the spice." "We can always get more." "Now, prepare for evac." "That´s an order!" "Wormsighting." "Wormsighting." "Ten degreessouthwest." "Estimatedspeed.:20knots." "Wehaveanapproach." "Worm intercept.:fiveminutes." "Sandmaster, this is a direct command from your duke." "Cease operationsandevacuate thestationimmediately... orI willcutyourship in two withalasgun." "I can hear it." "The worm." "I can hear it coming." "Over here!" "Over here!" "Both ofyou, over here!" "The rest to the spotters." "Run, you sand dogs!" "Run!" "Run!" "Get down and hang on to anything you can." "What are they doing?" "Milord, we must go now!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Capacityoverload." "We need altitude or it´ll suck us down." "Capacity exceeds lift capability." "Bless the Maker and His water." "Bless His coming and His going." "May His passage cleanse the world." "May He keep the world for His people." " What about the men we left behind?" " Gurney, send a ship to look for them." " But theywere right beside the worm" " Send a ship anyway." "When God ordains a man´s time to die..." "He directs that man to the proper place." " What?" " Paul." "I want the pilot from that missing carryall delivered to me personally." "Someone is going to pay for that waste." "This is a different kind ofman." "He´ll risk his life and that ofhis son... to save the men instead ofthe spice." "A leader like that could have commanded fanatic loyalty." "This is my legacy toyou, son." "Greatest wealth in the universe... and the never-ending struggle to defend it." "The ancients used to say... danger and opportunity were often the same thing, Father." "This is not one ofYueh´s academic exercises, Paul." "In Caladan we ruled by air and sea." "And here we need desert power." "Desert power." "Remember that." "Leto´s growing more popular with every passing week!" "He has ruined our system ofbribes and patronage." "He´s been able to maintain the spice quota... despite our sabotage." "Even that mongrel ecologist Kynes is sending the emperor favorable reports." "And what doyou deduce from all ofthis, nephew?" "The longerwe wait, the harder it will be... to dislodge him." "Piter, try again, will you?" "Leto´s continued success makes the other great houses nervous, Rabban." "We can hearwhispers... pettyjealousies that could easily give birth... to considerable envy." "Bugger envy!" "We have a traitor among them." "I say strike now!" "Foryour approval, Uncle." "The slave is quite a specimen this time, don´tyou think, Rabban?" "Perhaps Feyd shouldn´t be quite so casual today." "Perhaps my dear brother might even break a sweat today." "Whatyou fail to understand... is that I want Leto to become popular." "I want him to feel secure." "I want him to feel confident." "Confidence breeds distraction." "And that is when one is most vulnerable." "Such a beautiful boy." "Little isknown about thegiantsandworms... thatinhabit the desertregions ofArrakis." "Itisknown that wormsare drawn to the vibrationandnoise... ofminingactivity." "However, there isno directevidence linking desert worms... tospiceproduction." "Needs a new dew collector." " Dew collector?" " Chromoplastic." "At night it cools very fast." "In the morning, daylight heats it." "The surface condenses moisture out ofthe air." "And it trickles down to keep the plants alive." "Simple beauty." "Meaningless beauty... in such a godforsaken place." "We deal here with the law ofthe minimum." "Unless we learn to live with it... conditions can never change." "Areyou saying that conditions here could change?" "Favorable conditions?" "Change the ecology... ofthe planet?" "That depends." "On what?" "On who the steward ofthe desert is." "Perhaps one day the person will come who will understand... who will see the future... and know what can be... the one who will change Arrakis... the Muad´dib." "You asked me to inquire about the shouting the other day... the words theywere calling out atyour shuttle." "" Mahdi"?" "Something like that." "It means messiah." "They have a legend here... a prophecy... that a leaderwill come to them from off-world." "A boy... the only son ofa Bene Gesserit... to guide them to true freedom." "Messiah?" "Paul?" "These are a simple people, milord." "They survive on hope." "Tellmeabout the waters ofyourhomeland, Muad´dib." "I´m sorry, milord." "Mapes didn´t tell me you were in here." "No, wait." "It´s fine." "I was tired." "I fell asleep." "You can go on aboutyourwork." "Tell me." "Do the cooks use much spice in our food?" "The spice is everywhere on Arrakis, milord." "Everywhere." "Don´t move." "Just do exactly as I say." "It´s a hunter-seeker." "It will kill you... instantly, ifyou move." "Listen to me." "The operator, wherever he is... can only target movement." "Stay perfectly still." "Don´t give in." "Fear is the mind killer." "You´re lucky to be alive." "I was its target?" "It goes toward movement, that´s all." "You could have let it go and saved yourself." "There is a traitor among you." "Someone close." "Someone very close." "I want him alive!" "Hey, you!" " They tried to take the life ofmy son!" " He looks local." " There´s nothing to identify him." " Harkonnen, surely." " And not working alone." " Stop it, both ofyou!" "Burn him." "Everything except the hands." "Put some spice in each one... and send them to the baron on Geide Prime." "He almost took the life ofmy son." "Getout, allofyou!" "Out!" "You simple ass, I told you that I wanted those bastard Atreides to feel secure... but no, you couldn´t wait." "You had to haveyour own way, and nowyour initiative... has made them more defensive." "Now what, Piter?" "Advancing our timetable would seem appropriate at this point." "Another blinding burst ofinsight." "How is it that I am blessed with such extraordinary counselors as these?" "There is, ofcourse, the slight troop transport problem." "Our renegotiations with the Spacing Guild are notyet concluded." "Damn the guild and their navigators." "Even the emperor cannot move without the blessing ofthe Spacing Guild." "And what would you suggest, my most devious Mentat?" "Offer an increase in spice royalties... payable in advance from Rabban´s own reserves." "You are out ofyour mind, you" "Get on with it, Piter." "We must try and turn this setback into our advantage." "Perhaps your incompetence will prove useful after all... and hasten the day House Atreides must fall." "You´re tired, Father." "Yes, I am tired." "The degeneration ofthe great houses has worn me out." " Our house hasn´t degenerated." " Hasn´t it?" "Your assassin didn´t arrive here without help." "Who could you suspect?" "I can only suspect, I can´t prove... and there´s suspicion enough to go around." "It can´t be Gurney." "He knewyour assassin would be more valuable alive." "Gurney´s impulsive, Father." "He doesn´t have that kind ofcunning." "OrYueh´s intelligence." "Surely not Yueh." "His Suk conditioning would drive him mad first." "Never let sentiment cloud yourjudgment, son." "There is someone." "Sooner or later, you must face whoever it is." "So this is how it works." "They sow the seeds ofdistrust... and get us to fear each other." "Learn this lesson well, son." "Ifyou want to hold Arrakis... you must be prepared to fight fearwith fear." "Fear and power." "That´s our cue." "The man in silver... is a stillsuit manufacturer in Carthag." "Inferior product to the Fremen´s." "The hard-faced woman next to him... runs an escort service in Arsunt." "Impressive client list, I´m told." "By the fireplace..." "Lingar Bewt... water shipper from the polar region." "The man to his right" "Spacing Guild representative." "How could I miss him?" "The man with Thufi r is EsmarTuek." "Smuggler." "Highly successful." "He has fast ships... ifwe need them." "Milady." "Milord." "I was honored by the invitation." "You are always welcome here, Dr. Kynes." "We found the missing carryall, milord... hijacked by Harkonnen agents who tried to sell it at a smuggler´s camp." "They are now dead." "We are indebted toyou, sir." "Miladywill see to it you have everything you need." "It will be my pleasure." "And my honor, milady." "I understand they lost another harvester to a worm." "Ifthey keep this up, theywon´t even have enough money to buywater." "Gentlemen and ladies..." "Her Royal Majesty, Princess Irulan Corrino." "Your Highness... your attendance is a most welcome delight." "My father sends you his enduring respect and affection, My Lord Duke." "The emperorwishes everyone to know ofthe confidence he has... in House Atreides." "She brings the emperor´s Sardaukar killers as her bodyguards." "Water customs here are so fascinating." "Don´tyou think, Your Highness?" "When I arrived, my bathing towels were hurried away almost before I was dry." "To save their squeezings, I assume." "That is a safe assumption." "Nothing about this place is fascinating." "Ifit weren´t for the spice, no one would bother about it at all." "Fortunately enough... for a water-seller likeyou, I would guess." "I enjoywatching the flight ofbirds here on Arrakis." "Many exist without anywater at all." "Carrion-eaters, you know." "Blood-drinkers." "A curious adaptation, don´tyou think?" "They are cannibals?" "I said they drink blood... not necessarily the blood oftheir own kind." "Why not?" "One´s fiercest competition comes from one´s own kind." "They eat from the same bowl." "It´s said that Fremen drink the blood oftheir dead." "Isn´t that so, Dr. Kynes?" "Not the blood, sir." "All ofa man´s water." "A necessitywhen one lives in the deep desert." "The human body is 70 percent water." "Surely a dead man no longer requires it." "At least here is honest merrymaking." "Careful, lad." "That spice beer can go toyour head beforeyou know it." "Play, Gurney." "Let´s you and I at least have some peace." "When the son ofmy beloved duke orders me to relax... then by God I intend to do so." "Is that howyou really feel, Gurney-man... about my father?" "Beloved?" "You young pup." "IfI didn´t know better, I would take those words for an accusation." "It was a simple question." "Your father rescued me from a Harkonnen slave pit, boy." "Took me into his household." "Groomed me as his warmaster." "The man... orwoman... that raises a hand against him... will have it cut offby me... as a prelude to their death." "I´ve shamed myselfdoubting you, Gurney-man." "That´s enough, lad." "No more ofthis." "Gentlemen and ladies" "I use the terms loosely, ofcourse" "I, the Baron Harkonnen... have decided... that the great seal ofourvenerable house... that confused and ugly chimera, the griffin... no longer adequately represents the ambition ofour appetites." "Therefore and henceforth, in conclusion and forevermore, ergo and et cetera... our ample... and royal self... from this day forth and throughout the universe... we shall be no longer known as House Harkonnen." "We shall be..." "House Hog." "Now I know why they say your skill with a knife... is exceeded only byyour mastery ofthe baliset, Gurney Halleck." "Is it Atreides custom to abandon an honored guest... without even the courtesy ofa lame excuse?" "Forgive me, Your Highness." "Careful." "Spice beer can go toyour head beforeyou know it." "So I´ve noticed." "You were expecting someone more delicate, perhaps." "Refined is the word I had in mind, actually." "There´s an ancient saying I´ve learned to trust" "" Neverjudge a book by its cover."" "We are not all that different, Paul Atreides, you and me." "You don´t know whatyou´re talking about." "Oh, I´ve heard all about the moody Paul... the grim Paul, the angry and unhappy Paul... who has been exiled to Arrakis where, poor boy... one day he will inherit responsibility... for the greatest treasure in the universe." "And a never-ending struggle to defend it." "We both suffer the solitude ofour birthright." "Except that tomorrowyou´ll return to the comfort ofyour palaces on Kaitain." "To the confinement ofits perfect gardens and lonely apartments." "Toyour servants and entourage." "With their slavish flattery and cautious conversation." "As an heir to an emperor." "Who damns my mother for bearing daughters instead ofsons." "You´re mocking me." "No." "I´m trying to interestyou." "Well... areyou going to dance with me orjust stand there looking confused?" "I didn´t want to come here, you know." "Being an ornament ofmy father´s diplomacy... is hardly my idea ofa good time." "Butyou turn out to be more complicated than your reputation." "And I like complicated." "We have been looking foryou, Highness." "So nowyou´ve found me." " Haveyou been hurt?" " Be still, Captain." "The princess has been under my protection." "Oh, please." " Gurney, hold." " Stand down, Captain." "I said stand down, Captain." "It´s late, Highness." "The shuttle awaits." " I am not ready to go." " Your father left strict orders." "You see?" "Perhaps we should be the adults here." "Set an example for our hot-tempered friends." "You are more interesting than you appear, Paul Atreides." "I hope this won´t be our last encounter." "My fatherwill no doubt reward you for such mindless obedience, Captain." "Muad´dib." "Father?" "Duncan?" "Forgive the abrupt arrival, milord... but we´ve taken a force of Harkonnen infiltrators." "The Fremen found them in the caves ofthe shield mountains." "One ofthe Fremen, Turok, was badlywounded." " I rushed him here for treatment." " But he has died." "This is Stilgar, milord... leader ofTurok´s tribe." "We´ve heard many things in the desert... about Leto Atreides." "I hope whatyou´ve heard... will be the beginning ofa friendship between us." "My people... have suffered long under the rule ofsuch as you." "No, not such as me... nor any ofmy family." "All that changed... when the House Atreides came to Arrakis." "Duncan?" "Stilgar, this is my son, Paul Atreides." "Yes... we have heard about him as well." "The Fremen want me to remain with them, milord." "He fights well... and he has done his best for our friend." "It will reassure us." "Dual allegiance, milord... toyou and to their tribe." "There is a precedent." "Liet serves two masters." "Let it be known among your people, Stilgar, that..." "Duke Leto Atreides honors the sacrifice yourwarrior has made on our behalf." "I wish... nothing but peace between us." "We thankyou for the gift ofyour body´s water, Stilgar... and accept it in the spirit with which it was given." "Duncan Idaho... yourwater now belongs to us." "The body ofTurok remains with your duke." "His water now belongs to the Atreides." "That is the bond between us." "Mapes?" "Mapes, who did this?" "Who?" "Traitor." "Who?" "Guard dead." "Shields." "The shields..." "Gurney!" "Yueh." "God forgive me." "I had no choice." "Why?" "Why?" "Because I need to save mywife." "We haven´t much time." "The Harkonnen will be in the palace soon." "I´m giving you the final revenge, milord... for this terrible thing I´ve done toyou and your family." "You will haveyour revenge, milord, I promise." "Just remember... the tooth." "The tooth, milord." "When you have the baron face to face... remember... the tooth." "An emperor´s Sardaukar." "The duke!" "Where is the duke?" "Not in quarters, sir." "We can´t find theyoung master either." "Bastards!" "No prisoners." "So... as soon as the city is pacified, Piter... remove all ofthe Sardaukar troops to our frigate." "No trace ofthe emperor´s involvement must ever be found here." "A pity she has to remain gagged." "She has such a... magnificent mouth." "A pretty mouth... with the sting ofa scorpion." "We know all about your Bene Gesserit witchery, my dear." "Perhaps I should cut yourvocal cords." "Then Piter could have his waywith you." "But then again... perhaps not." "No blood on my hands." "I have no idea what happened toyou." "So when I see the emperor´s... wrinkled old bitch ofa truthsayer..." "I suppose I´ll just have to say..." "" Don´t know."" "Into the desert." "Let the worms clean up the mess." "The bodies must never be found." "He looks sufficiently paralyzed." "My halfofthe bargain, Baron." "I promised you the duke." "There he is." "Well, it´s a delicious sight, Doctor." "Now it´s time foryour half." "And, believe it or not..." "I´m a man ofmyword." "Where is she?" "You promised we´d be reunited." "You said you´d free her ifI did whatyou asked." "Well, I´ve done it." "So where is she?" "Yourwife is free, my good doctor." "Completely free." "Free ofher mortal coil." "Free ofher physical cage." "I freed her." "I promised you´d be reunited, and I´m a man ofmyword... as nowyou can see." "You thinkyou´ve defeated me, but" "Never trust a traitor... not even oneyou create." "Well, my noble duke, areyou enjoying the show?" "I hope so." "I keptyou alive soyou could witness every precious moment ofyour betrayal." "What?" "Paul." "Oh, the boy." "I don´t know." "I had to leave him to the desert." "He and that gorgeous woman ofyours." "My men left them to explore the beauty ofthe sands ofArrakis." "Perhaps they´ll see some worms." "We couldn´t have all that noble blood all over our hands, now could we?" "Oh, the emperor was quite insistent about that." "Oh, yes." "Your beloved emperor." "Just goes to show, never get more popular than the boss... unless you intend to sack him." "Did I say that?" "How impolitic ofme." "I must be spending too much time with that idiot nephew ofmine, Rabban." "Still, you won´t say anything, will you, my dear man?" "Perhaps we should get on with it, then." "Get on with it?" "This is kanly, Piter." "Vendetta." "And I am going to savor every minute ofit." "My family has hated the Atreides... for generations." "They have been the sand in our eyes... the stink at our meals." "These arrogant Atreides, always standing in ourway." "I want Leto... to appreciate the beauty... ofwhat I´ve done to him." "I want him to know that I..." "Baron Vladimir Harkonnen... am the instrument ofhis family´s demise... the extinction of House Atreides... and the ascendance... of House Harkonnen." "What did he say?" "Tooth." "What did he say, Piter?" "Tooth." "Need you more proof ofwhat heaven´s choice is?" "Atreides is dead... and Harkonnen lives!" "He´s dead." "Father´s dead." "What areyou doing?" "We won´t survive longer than a few hours in the open." "We have to find shelter." "But Harkonnen patrols... worms" "We have to take our chances." "One ofours." "Can´t take the chance." "Could be Harkonnen come to finish thejob." "Hurry!" "Harkonnen patrol ships are approaching fast!" "Strap in." "What is this place?" "A Fremen sietch." "A small one." "There´s a storm coming." "We can stay here till it passes." "Liet, we must talk." "Rest here." "How did you know where to find us?" "Dr. Yueh sent a courier." "Said you were being taken to the Bled south ofthe mountain shield." "Milord." "I´m supposed to giveyou this." "Harkonnen patrols are in the area." "They tracked our thopter." "They called you Liet." "You´re the one, aren´tyou?" "The one who´s never seen, the one who may not even exist at all." "Their leader." "I prefer the term "guide" to "leader."" "Guiding them?" "Until Mahdi comes." " Harkonnen thopters approaching." " Milord." " You´re coming with us." " No." " They´ll kill you." " Me?" "I´m Dr. Kynes." "I work for the emperor." "You remember?" "I´ll just say I was your hostage." "Milord, please." "I must remain with the Fremen, milord, as I promised your father." "Just hold on." "We can´t lose them." "Paul, the storm!" "We can´t go into that!" "We have no choice." "Nothing survives one ofthose storms." "Unless theywant to die, theywon´t follow us in, will they?" "I must not fear." "Fear is the mind-killer." "I will face my fear, and I will let it pass through me." "When the fear is gone, there will be nothing." "Only I will remain." "There isalegendthat thenight HouseAtreides lostArrakis... astarexplodedin theskies above theirhomelandon Caladan." "Muad´dib." "Another bad dream, Uncle?" "No, it´s indigestion, that´s all." "Miserable food here." "I can´t wait to be offthis foul planet." "What areyou doing here, boy?" "They´re dead, Uncle." "The Bene Gesserit witch and her son are both dead." "We discovered a Fremen sietch near where our thopterwas supposed to crash." "They´d been rescued by that Atreides snake Duncan Idaho." "The ecologist Kynes was with them." "The emperor´s man." "We killed Idaho, captured Kynes." "The witch and her son were last seen driving a thopter into a sandstorm." "You´ve seen the bodies." "They´re most certainly dead." "You´ve seen the bodies." "Nothing survives one ofthose storms, Uncle." "The wind was over 800 kilometers an hour." "Nothing survives." "How long have I been asleep?" "Not long." "The storm passed a little while ago." "It was Yueh." "He´s the one who betrayed us." "They had his wife." "You should put it on, Paul." "You´re the duke now." "We have to get out ofhere." "I found some supplies stowed in the compartment by the hatch." "Paracompass, vision goggles, stillsuits." "But where will we go?" "To find the Fremen." "Fremen?" "We´re going to need them... to take backArrakis." "How do we know which way to go?" "South." "That´s into the deep desert." "There were rumors ofsietch communities there." "That´s where we´ll find the Fremen." "Or die trying." "I´m all right." "It´sjust the stress." "I´m fine." "Please, Your Majesty, you must control your anger." "Did you think I wouldn´t find out?" "Or did you think I wouldjust be too simpleminded to see the truth?" "Leave us alone." "What happened on Arrakis was beyond my control, daughter." "An ancient feud between royal houses." "Don´t patronize me, Father." "Isn´t it enough thatyou used me?" "Used you?" "Sending me to the duke as a token ofyour support." "Making me a courier ofyour esteemed respect... whileyou were plotting behind his back." "Quiet, child." "Orwas thatyour idea, Fenring?" "That would be something your perverse mind would suggest." " Watch your tongue, girl." " And what will you do ifI don´t?" "Send me into the desert to die, like that poor boy and his mother?" "No one sent them anywhere." "They fled." "Despite the baron´s efforts... he assures me he did everything he could to secure them from harm." "You were involved, Father." "I knowyou were." " Oryou did nothing to prevent it." " Enough!" "There will come a time, daughter... when you will have to shed this naiveté ofyours... and learn what it means to rule an empire." "And when that time comes, Father... you may learn to regret it." "It´s only another few kilometers, that´s all." "Hurry." "We don´t have much time." "The sun will soon be up full." "We´ll have some shade in here." "Ifthere are any Harkonnen patrols this far out, it´ll be tough to spot us." "Suchapity." "A pity thatyou had to get mixed up in this business." "I´m not mixed up in it, Baron." "I´m the emperor´s servant." "Nothing more and nothing less." "Soyou did not lead them to that warren of Fremen scum?" "That was Idaho´s idea." "He had forged a friendship with them." "Oh, yes, yes, we know all about Idaho and his efforts on the duke´s behalf." "A foolish, desperate gambit." "And where was that Fremen trash when he needed them, eh?" "So... what will you say... when the emperor questions you about what happened here?" "What´s your impression, hmm?" "The desert is an indiscriminate executioner, Baron." "Well, I suppose that Bene Gesserit whore and her spawn... have found that out, haven´t they?" "Be sure he recalls his flimsy denials... when he´s face to face with death´s sweet smile." "Muad´dib." "Muad´dib." "Tellmeabout the waters ofyourhomeland, Muad´dib." "On Caladan, we ruled byairandsea, Paul." "But here on Arrakis you need desert power." "It´s calling toyou." "Tell me about the waters ofyour homeland, Muad´dib." "It´ll be night soon." "We´ll move on." " Did you get any rest?" " Some." " How areyou feeling?" " Better." "I´ll try not to slow us down as much tonight." "How is my sister?" "I´m having dreams again." "Visions." "Even when I´m awake." "I´ve seen her, Mother, inside ofyou." "Even your father didn´t know." "Why not?" "There wasn´t time." "What haveyou done to me?" " I gave birth toyou." " A freak." " No, not a freak." " Then what?" "This place is changing me." "It´s the spice." "It´s in the airwe breathe, in the food we eat." "I can´t escape it." "Drink it all." "The best place to conserve water is in your body." "The stillsuit will do the rest." "Ifwe stay on this dune, we´ll reach those mountains a lot sooner." "Is that a good idea?" "It´s the most direct path." "You all right?" "Yes." "Hold on." "That shouldn´t have happened." "I was careless about these dunes." "We lost our paracompass." "Can you hear that?" "Worm." "It must have heard the sand fall." "Run.Just run!" " I can´t see it!" "I can´t see it!" " Don´t stop!" "A thumper." "Someone called it away." "Did you smell it?" " Cinnamon smell." " Spice." "Everywhere." "When the worm came." "There had to have been people for this many plants to survive." "Fremen." "We have to find them." "Most intruders here regret finding the Fremen." "Don´t run, intruders." "There is no escape." "I knowyou." "You are Stilgar... the Fremen who came to see my father with Duncan Idaho." "That was a sloppy crossing you made from the crash." "You called a worm." "You were watching us all ofthat time?" " We didn´t seeyou." " You weren´t meant to." "We´re wasting time here, Stil." " This is the boy Liet told us to seek." " How can you be sure?" " I saywe take theirwater and move on." " Be quiet,Jamis." "As you can hear, I have a problem to solve." "My people are cautious and pragmatic." "Good qualities in the desert." "Better sometimes to miss an opportunity than invite disaster." "Your onlyvalue at the moment is the water in your flesh." " You know the law, Stil." " Yes." "The law." "Tell them to stop hunting my son." "Tell them." "Leave off!" "." "Leave the boy alone!" "Doyou hear me?" "Is this the wayyou welcome friends of Liet?" "Is it?" "As leader ofthis tribe..." "I´m offering the weirding woman and her son sanctuary." "No Fremen anywhere will lay a hand on you whileyou have my protection." "For how long?" "Don´t be a fool, woman." "You´re fugitives from the Harkonnen." "Don´t be fugitives from us as well." "Merciful God!" "I´ve heard of the weirding ways." "Imagine what a man could do with it." "No doubt we have much to teach each other." "You can come down, boy." "Your mother has shown herworth." "He won´t move unless I say so." "Discipline." "Good." "He is here." "He is unharmed." "We are coming down." "Leave me alone." "Made a lot ofnoise climbing." "He has much to learn." "Can you travel,Jamis?" "He surprised me, that´s all." " Ofcourse I can travel." " Good." "We have now two with us who are not trained." "In squad lines with flankers." "We have to make Cave of Ridges before full sun." "Chani, you will be responsible for him." "My name is Paul." "Only until we giveyou a new one." "Follow me." "Do exactly as I do." "Across there is home." "Sietch Tabr." "We´ll be there tomorrow." "Tomorrow?" "That must be hundreds ofkilometers from here." "It will be a hard ride." "The sun will be up soon." "Patrols sometimes come this far." "We can´t let them see us." "When you give us your stillsuits, we will recoveryourwater foryou." "Here is some food." "Spice." "We don´t have delicacies from the cities likeyou are used to." "It´s fine." "She´s the one, isn´t she-- the oneyou´ve seen in your dreams?" "I can tell by the way you stare at her." "I don´t know what it means." "Be careful, Paul." "We are new to these people, as they are to us." "Everything we say and do must be careful." "Predicting the future, then plotting to make it so?" "These are superstitious people." "Ifwe are to survive... it will be best to accommodate their legends." "I´m the steward ofthe sand." "I am a desert creature." "A desert creature." "Not finished yet!" "Still have work to do!" "The pre-spice mass." "I am... a desert creature" "Spice blow." "Somewhere to the east." "A large field from the looks ofit." "We have to send gatherers before Harkonnen pirates come for it." "You harvest this spice?" "For bribes to the Spacing Guild." "It´s Liet´s wish." "We pay them to keep our skies free oftheir satellites... so that no one can know what we are doing here." "You will learn." "Amtal!" " I evoke Amtal." "Jamis." "What is this?" "His way ofdealing with what happened the other night." "That was an accident." "He bested me because there was witch-force at Tuono basin." " Amtal." "It´s my right." " You must not interfere." "Jamis has called him out." "You´re starting something here you´re going to regret." " Stilgar." " You must step back." "Ifyou know what´s good foryou... you will find an honorable way to leave this thing alone." "Silence!" "I evoke silence." "She´s trying to put a spell on me." "Ifyou try that again, we´ll know it´s yourwitchcraft." "I won´t be able to protectyou or the boy anymore." "Come." "You can´t stop this." "A crysknife." "Our ritual weapon." "Use it well." "Mayyour blade chip and shatter." "I´m gonna bathe this knife with your blood." "Firstyou´ll have to find my blood." " Doyou yield?" " Yield?" "There´s noyielding!" "It´s to the death, boy!" "He´s never had to kill." "What?" "Then he´d better learn." "Finish." "Don´t toywith him." "He´s bestedJamis." "This didn´t have to happen." " It is ourway." " Yourway!" "Killing each other." "No man recognizes leadership without the challenge ofcombat." "There is a legend among us... that a voice from the out-world will come-- the Mahdi." "He will hold the key to our future." "It is said that a Bene Gesserit will be his mother-- a Sayyadina-- friend ofGod." "There are rumors aboutyou and your son... from the city..." "Liet." "You hope I am that one, that Paul is." "I hope and I fear." "Ifit´s true, your boywill have to call me out one day... to challenge me for the leadership ofthe tribe." "The huanui is prepared." "It´s time." "It´s ourway." "From water does all life begin." "The flesh belongs to the person... but his water belongs to the tribe." "I was a friend ofJamis." "When the hawk plane fell upon us... at Hole-in-the-Rock... it wasJamis who pulled me to safety." "I was a friend ofJamis." "I was a friend ofJamis." "I was a friend ofJamis." "He taught me... that when you kill... you pay for it." "He sheds tears." "He gives water to the dead." "Jamis carried 33 liters ofthe tribe´s water... counted and measured." "Combat water is entrusted to the winner." "Becauseyou fight without stillsuit... you may regain the water you lost fighting." "Mayyou guard it for the tribe." "Preserve it against loss." "Be generous with it in time ofneed." "Mayyou pass it on in your time... for the good ofthe tribe." "Needs a naming now, Stil." "It is time." "What would you have us call you, young Atreides?" "Bywhat name doyou wish Fremen to knowyou?" "What is the name ofthat little mouse?" "The one in the desert?" "The one thatjumps." "Muad´dib." "Is that the nameyou wish?" "Wise in the ways ofthe desert." "Hiding from the sun, traveling at night." "We call him "the teacher ofboys."" "Yeah." "A fine choice." "So from now on... you will be addressed as Muad´dib." "Wait for my signal." "Then you must do exactly as I do." "Your lives will depend on it." "There." "Get ready." "Come on!" " What is that?" " The one who will come" "Mahdi." "It´s the gatherers Stilgar sent to the spice blow." "Give her some time, Muad´dib." "Liet is dead." "We found his remains at the spice blow." " Dr. Kynes is dead?" " Harkonnen treachery." "She loved her fathervery much." "It needs a new dew collector." "Tell me about the waters ofyour homeland, Muad´dib." "We had rivers ofit." "Great flowing veins ofwater." "From the snows ofmountains... into lakes so wideyou couldn´t see the other side." "Oceans ofwater." "Our home was on the coast." "Great waves would hurl themselves against the cliffs." "They used to put me to sleep." "My father had a dream, Muad´dib... a dream that one day... we could change this place." "Make it more likeyour homeland." "Windtrap." "Plenty ofmoisture this morning." "My father is at peace." "We have thousands ofthese caches." "Only a few ofus know them all." " I know this place." " No off-worlder has ever seen it." "I have!" "In my dreams." "This is the waterwe will use to change the face ofArrakis." "As my father told us... the voice from the out-world will come-- the Mahdi." "We will make a paradise ofArrakis... and no man shall ever want forwater again." "Come." "You summoned me, Highness." " I have a special errand foryou." " I´m here to serve my lady." "I´m sending you to the Harkonnen planet Geide Prime." "I wantyou to insinuateyourself among the fat baron´s family." "His nephew Feyd, a narcissistic type... should be especially amenable toyour expert charms." "And how will you want me to use him?" "I want to know what happened on Arrakis... the night Duke Leto and his familywere killed." "I want to know how it was planned... who was involved... and I want to know who the Harkonnen allies were." " I´ll do my best." " I´ve no doubt ofthat." "Just as you said, Stil." "Harkonnen greed for spice is the most reliable beacon in the universe." "Reconnaissance team on theground." "Groundrecon, proceedtospicepatch." "Anyone elsehearthat?" "We didn´t even have to damage the ´thopter." "The men will fly it to our caves at Bight." "That was our last communication." "There was no mayday, no evidence of wreckage when we went to investigate." "That´s the third ´thopter this month!" "The patch they scouted turned out to be mock spice." " It was probably a plant to lure them." " Fremen scum!" "We caught these in a raid last night, a village near the rim wall... known to be desert sympathizers." "Mercy, Governor." "We are refugees." "We need food." "Liar!" "Spies, that´s whatyou are!" "Spies for the Fremen scum." "Fremen scum who raid my spice warehouses!" " Who destroy royal equipment!" " No." "We are poor." "We have no weapons." "He was trying to dispose ofthis when we caught him." "Send words to the filth ofthe desert!" "Tell them whatyou witness here!" " Mahdi, Mahdi" " Tell them this is what awaits them!" "Mahdi!" "Put that away, Feyd, and come here." "I wantyou to see this." "The latest love letter from your brother." "Appears to be enjoying himself." "The moron´s appetite for killing never ceases to amaze me." "By the time he´s finished, there won´t be a population left to rule." "Cheer up, lovely boy." "I merely allow him to brutalize them... to savage them, until you arrive-- the handsome Feyd, to rescue them from the beast Rabban." "Oh, theywill be ripe foryou, lovely boy." "Feyd the savior!" "There will be cheering in the streets." "You can even give them your brother´s head as a gift ifyou like." "And then you will squeeze... like the grips ofa vice... so our treasuries become fat... with the profit ofspice." "No man recognizes leadership... without the challenge ofcombat." " It is the way." " Call him out!" "Call him out!" "Call him out!" "What doyou see, Muad´dib... when you go away like that?" "Where is ityou go?" "Many places, Stil." "Many roads." "Many choices." "These choices-- good or bad?" "It´s hard to know sometimes." "Either they are good choices or bad choices." "Aren´tyou ever afraid, Stil?" "Ofstorms?" "Ofthe future." "The future, Muad´dib... just is." "They´re like ghosts!" "Everywhere!" "Need immediate evacuation!" "Theyjust keep coming!" "Need immediate evacuation!" "We are ready, Muad´dib." "It´s time." "We must hurry." " He´s waiting, Reverend Mother." " Who else knows he´s here?" "No one." "He made it clear on his arrival... that we should summon you and no other." "The otherwitches must leave." "As you wish." "This visit is as indiscreet as it is unexpected." "Let´s hope the emperor´s curiosity isn´t aroused." "The emperor´s suspicions are easily moderated... by his dependence on our services." "As you are so fond ofreminding us." "The navigators are concerned." " Concerned?" " They are disturbed about the future." "There is a problem on the horizon." "What kind ofproblem?" "They are troubled by a nexus they can´t fully explore... an intersection ofevents... a meeting ofcountless delicate decisions... beyond which lies a path... they cannot see." "And where is this nexus?" "Planet Arrakis." "House Harkonnen controls Arrakis now." "The Atreides are dead." "It is not a matter offeuding royal houses." "We sense a higher order interfering." "A misstep could be catastrophic." "Then we understand one another." "Completely." "We´ll do what we can." "I thought..." "I felt something." "The spice must flow." "The balance ofpower must be maintained." "I´m awake, Chani." "Has there been anyword?" "A courier, perhaps?" "No." "The raids are in the Hagal basin." "Theywon´t risk communication until they are deep across the bled." " Forgive me, Sayyadina." " Was there something else?" "No, it´sjustyour skin." "My skin?" "We´ve heard the stories about off-worlders-- the ones who come from water planets." "Skin so moist, it´s like cream." " Muad´dib´s skin is like that." " Paul" " Muad´dib is still a boy." "I mean, he still has the glow ofyouth." "I say my prayers for his safe return." "We both do, Chani." "The smugglers transport our spice tribute... to the cursed Spacing Guild." "The emperor never knows." "But bribes are dangerous, Stil." "They have a way ofgetting larger." "The safe way is the slow way, Muad´dib." "Bribes keep the skies ofour sietches clear." "Bribes buy us time." "Something wrong, Muad´dib?" "I thought I saw someone I knew." "I´ll call the men, tell them to hold the smugglers´ departure." "Let them go." "I must´ve been mistaken." "Gurney." "My father´s patience is wearing thin." "These troubles on Arrakis are proving difficult to manage... and our time is running short." "I wantyou to make arrangements for a trip to Geide Prime." "Milady?" "The baron´s nephew is having a birthday celebration." "The emperor ought to be represented, don´tyou think?" "I´m in the mood for a party." "Besides, it´s time to shed some ofthis naiveté." "She´snotgoing!" "I´m not going to allow that headstrong, meddlesome child... loose in Babylon." "My God." "What a catastrophe that would be." "The eldest daughter ofthe imperial house... is lured by the lights of Harkonnen... and his dreadful progeny." "Yes, catastrophe indeed." "But perhaps the seducer could be seduced." "The moreyou know ofthe baron´s schemes... the more we are prepared for the endgame." "Our operatives on Geide Prime have limited access." "Your daughter, on the other hand... has proved quite adept at intelligence gathering." "Gently chaperoned, I should think... she´d prove quite useful... once again." "You´veheard the voices fromyoursietches." "They say the Mahdi has come." "Butyou, the Naibs ofyour tribes, are still cautious." "You resist." "But I am offering you the future-- the future as Liet saw it." " How doyou know what Liet saw?" " Because I´ve seen it." "Here... and here." "And once we rid Arrakis ofthe vile Harkonnen... we can complete his dream." "I promise this." "Arrakis will become the paradise Liet imagined." "You´ll never rid Arrakis with guerilla raids, boy." "It will take all-out war." "That´s why I´m asking you for hundreds ofyour bestyoung men." "I want to give them the weirding way... so they can come back toyou and train hundreds more... so those hundreds can train hundreds more." "And then hundreds will become thousands!" "The Fedaykin." "A force to rival the dreaded Sardaukar." "A force to terrify the emperor himself!" "." "My father once told me... that here on Arrakis... one needed desert power to rule." "You are desert power... and nothing can stopyou... ifyou believe." "Soyou are the one." "Jessica ofthe Weirding... our Reverend Mother Ramallo." "Mapes said you were beautiful." "She also said she pitied you." "I need no one´s pity." "That remains to be seen." "There is much talk ofyou in the sietches." "I hear the people speaking ofthe Mahdi." "I hear them shout the name Muad´dib." "He is a natural leader... like his father." "The men admire his courage." "It will take more than courage to survive what´s coming." "The boy, he knows what it is... that´s happening here?" "He´s aware." "You´ve exploited our legends well." "We had to survive." "And you may... for a while." "But remember this." "The very legend which protects you... can also destroyyou." " How areyou feeling?" " Well." "Tired sometimes." "Healthy." "And growing fast." "I saw the one they call the Reverend Mother." "Yes, she came from the southern sietch." " Why?" " To see me." "To seeyou." " She´s Bene Gesserit." " One ofour missionaries." "Convenient." "Stilgar says you´ve learned much." "He´s tougher than Hawat everwas." "Chani is happy to seeyou, I noticed." "Why didn´tyou marry him, Mother?" "Because I loved him." "As long as your father remained unmarried... some ofthe great houses could still hope for an alliance through marriage." "We both knew what that meant." " There were no illusions." " You would´ve allowed it?" " I would´ve encouraged it." " Politics." "Yes." "Politics." "While I was on thehajra..." "I had dreams about this garden." "Except it wasn´t here." "It was somewhere else." "Was I there?" "And there were children... playing, very happy." "A wonderful dream." "Doyou think it´s possible to love someone enough... you´d be willing to give that person up?" "I think there are times... when it´s necessary to share the oneyou love... with things greater than both ofyou." "Everything is connected... one thing to another." "The living and the dead." "The animate and the inanimate." "A system." "All parts functioning to serve the whole." "Smell the air, Muad´dib." "Cinnamon." "The pre-spice mass is below us." "Maybe a hundred feet or more, but ripe." "The Maker has left her nest long ago." "Her children havejoined together for survival." "They have grown." "They are losing water now." "It will mix with theirwaste." "Ifenough has accumulated... a giant bubble offoam will heave up with tremendous force." " Spice blow." " Trading places with the sands above." "The sun and heat will dry it out, and soon" " Spice." " Treasure ofthe universe." "The worm is the spice." "So nowyou know." "Many ofthe little Makers will die in the blow." "The rest will swim up to become..." "Shai-halud, the Great Worm." "We may capture a few, keep them stunted forWater of Life." "That´s enough for now." "When religion and politics ride in the same cart... the whirlwind follows." "You are the Kwisatz Haderach, boy... the one who can be many places at once." "You are the whirlwind." "It´s almost night, Muad´dib." "Time to return to the sietch." "You´ve been dreaming." "Arrakis." "Dune." "A landsostarvedfor water... asingle tearis cherished." "Wildernesshome to themysterious desert tribes called "Fremen"... wholong foramessiah to free them from Harkonnenbondage." "A messiah-- aboyonceknown as Paul... nowknown as..." "Muad´dib." "Too impatient, Farok." "You moved too soon." "Try again." "Watch his posture." "Even the slightest change in his breathing gives you advantage." "Better, Farok." "You´ll have it soon." "I am Otheym." "These are my brothers from Sietch Gara Kulan." "We´ve come to find the one who calls himself Muad´dib." "You´re a long way from your tribe, Otheym." "We´ve come tojoin your crusade." "We want to learn the weirding way." "We want to become Fedaykin." " You have the blessing ofyour Naib?" " We do." " We´ll make good fighters, Muad´dib." " I believeyou." "Let theirwatersjoin with ours." "We must congratulateyou on the perfection ofyour heir, Baron." "He faces his 1 00th slave gladiator... in the arena this afternoon." "He appears ready." "Well, then, perhaps we might take this opportunity... to conduct our conversations." " There is much to discuss." " Indeed." "Ifthat meets with your approval, milady." "I am quite entertained here." " Fine." " Byyour leave, then." "What other house would´ve been willing to humiliate itself... so the emperor could rid himself ofa troublesome duke?" "He´s been asking himself that very question." "Areyou suggesting... that the emperor contemplates a move against me?" "Speculation is not a worthy science, Baron." "Betterwe spent our energy on what´s most important:" "The spice must flow." "I must say..." "I´ve always found Harkonnen architecture... rather curious." "Harkonnenpatrols have takenmore risks... coming deeper into the southern regions than ever before." "Sooner or later, our bribes to the guild won´t be enough to protect us." "Then it´s agreed." "We move with the next moons." "When the Harkonnen find this place... there must be nothing left but the wind howling through the rocks." "There is no turning back now." "Subdue the Maker." "The Maker is dead." "The Water of Life." "May Shai-halud have mercy on both ofus." "When night falls again... we have to leave this sietch... that has sheltered us for so long." "We must go south... into the deep desert... where the demon Harkonnen will not pursue us." "But our Reverend Mother... will not survive another hajra." "So that we don´t have to make thatjourney... without her strength and guidance..." "SayyadinaJessica has consented... to undergo the rites at this time." "This is dangerous, andJessica may fail." "So that we don´t lose all..." "Chani, daughter of Liet... will be consecrated as Sayyadina..." "Friend ofGod." "I consecrate the daughter of Liet... in the Sayyadina." "Onehundredkills!" "Feyd themerciless!" "Feyd themagnificent!" "Here is the Water of Life..." "Here is the Water of Life... the water that will freeyour soul." "Ifyou are a Reverend Mother... the universe will open toyou." "Let Shai-haludjudge now." "You must drink it now." "What´s happening to her?" "The water is poisoned until she changes it." "This must take its course." "Mother?" "Mother?" "You cannot go there." "That is the place we cannot look." "The place only the Kwisatz Haderach may go." "You must turn away,Jessica... or it will driveyou mad." "Don´t be afraid." "I have much to showyou." "Here is my life, Jessica ofthe Weirding." "And the lives that have come before... they areyours now." "You are pregnant." "You should have told us." "Holy Mothers, what have we done?" "This changes you both." "Your daughter is in danger." "Take her intoyour arms." "She must see all that we see." "That is the onlyway you can save her." "Change the waters,Jessica." "You must change them now." "The plan was perfect... in its simplicity and viciousness." "Ofcourse it was." "You helped your uncle design it, didn´tyou?" "Duke Leto thought he was gaining control ofArrakis... but he was only being fattened up for sacrifice." "The kill, Feyd." "Tell me about the kill." "It was swift and merciless." "The Atreides never had a chance." "The Sardaukar had the palace sealed within hours." "The Sardaukar?" "I sent the final communique toyour father myself." "Mother?" "Yes?" "Mother Ramallo is gone." "But she remains." "You have changed the waters." "Now we knowyou cannot be false." "The Reverend Mother has changed the Water of Life." "It´s now safe for us to drink!" "The son and his mother... the duke´s concubine and her son, what did you do with them?" "Lost in storm." "Devoured by the desert." "You found their bodies and disposed ofthem?" "Never found them." "You never found the bodies?" "You´re trembling." "I´m afraid." "Ofwhat?" "Ofyou." "You make me see things." "What doyou see?" "I see us... together." "There is a great storm." "I have a child in my arms." "Our child, Muad´dib." "It´s not a dream." "I knowyou, Chani." "I´ve always known you." "We´ve sat upon a rock above the sands." "I´ve eased your fears." "We´ve caressed in the darkness ofthe sietch." "We´ve grown old together." "History willsay that the Fremen wereabout to findtheirmessiah... thatPaulAtreides wouldfindhis revenge... andthe worldas weknewit wouldchange forever." "Pick up the pace, you lazy desert rats." "We have a quota to meet." "Sound the alarm!" "Disperse men to the safe houses." "Get word to Stilgar." "We´ll evacuate the city tomorrow." "Halt!" "Turn around." "Papers!" "I said your papers, you scum" "There´s a tunnel out ofthe city at the foot ofthe steps." "The blessings of Muad´dib be with you and your family." "Your plan worked, Muad´dib." "Now they know we can strike them at will." " We could take the city in an hour." " It´s not time." "But they are vulnerable, Muad´dib." "Notyet." "The advance unit found something in the chaos." "Something... you should see." "There was a secret crematorium... in one ofthe Harkonnen barracks." "And this was all... ofyour father that was left." "The men think it´s an omen... a sign that our final battle with the Harkonnen is at hand." "Yourvisions frighten me." "There are things still hidden from me." "Places I can´t go, things I can´t see." "Doyou everworry thatjust trying to see the future changes it?" "We´re speeding toward the abyss, Chani." "I have to see a way around it." "Perhaps it´s time for me to leave." "I´ve been away from our son too long." "We´ll make arrangements once we reach Cave of Ridges." "We will be there after the next raids." "Will we ever have peace?" "We´ll have victory." "I´m sorry, milord." "He said you must come at once." "Doyou really take me for that much ofa fool, boy?" "I don´t understand, Uncle." "What kind ofpoison did you choose?" "Something slow and painful, I assume, soyou could watch?" "Tell me, Feyd... why didn´tyou simply assassinate meyourself?" "You had plenty ofopportunity to." "You taught me that my own hands must always remain clean." "Oh, quick, boy." "Very quick." "You´re good material, and I hate to waste... good material." "Now, give me one good reason why I shouldn´t kill you right here." "My brother." "Yes, that´s right." "Your dim brother." "IfI kill you... then he would be my only heir." "And he can´t even put down a dirty mob ofreligious lunatics." "Yes, you´re clever." "But not that clever." "And don´t get any ideas." "My men haveyou in their sights even as we speak." "Don´t worry." "IfI´d wanted you dead... you´d never had made it down the hall." "You´re going to let me live?" "I can´t verywell leave the wealth ofArrakis... to someone who´s dead." "What wealth?" "Every communique brings news ofanother Fremen raid." "By the time my idiot ofa brother is through... the emperor himself will have to intervene." "You´re not as dim as I thought." "You intend to draw the emperor himselfinto this?" "You see?" "This is whyyou need me-- to helpyou think, to helpyou plot." "Why doyou think I tolerate the incompetence ofyour brother?" "Because it amuses me?" "Think, Feyd." "Think." "There must be a method to this madness... even though you´ve been too dull to divine it." "The spice." "Ofcourse, the spice." "The one thing that could possibly draw the emperor... away from his imperial pleasures... out into the wastelands ofthe empire... where he is vulnerable... where he can be destroyed." "And Duke Leto wasjust the beginning... the prelude to a move on the imperial throne itself." "But timing is everything, beautiful boy." "Patience is our ally." "We must not make the emperor suspicious with foolishness like this." "So what will it be?" "I giveyou my pledge." "Good." "Now let the emperor mock House Harkonnen... call us swine... because in the end his throne will be mine." "That´s it, Hannah." "Good." "Good, Hannah." "Another healthy fighter for the cause." "Alia, you were told to wait." "He looks like Mitha´s son." "How can you know that, child?" "The slaughter on Bela Tegeuse is history." "You weren´t even born." "But Mother, I saw it, and it´s true." "Yes, it´s true." "I hate them." "They stare at me." "Theywhisperwhile I pass." "It hurts my feelings." "They´re confused, Alia." " You frighten them." " Because I´m a freak." "You´re not a freak." "Who has said that?" "No one." "Then don´tyou ever say it again." "My children are not freaks." "But I can´t help it." "I just know things." "Things I shouldn´t know, but I just do." "It was a cruel thing I did toyou." "I took the Water of Life when you were still in mywomb." "No one should ever be wakened to consciousness as you were." "But we´ll make them understand." "We´ll make them see... thatyou´re notjust a little girl." "Thatyou´ve never really been one." "I want my brother." "What is it?" "He came to challengeyou in open combat." "You killed him?" "I took care ofit." "But he came to challenge me." "He wasn´t worthy, Muad´dib." "Otheym, get Stilgar." "Tell him to summon the Maker." "There´s only one way to stop these challenges." "You know what this will mean between you and Stil." "The men will wantyou to call him out." "Only ifI survive the Maker." "Just rememberwhat I´ve taughtyou." "Do it simply and directly." " Nothing fancy." " I´ll remember." "Stand close enough thatyou can mount when he passes... but not so close he can crush you." " I´ll remember." " You will hear him beforeyou see him." "When you takeyour stand... you must become completely still." "You must become a Dune in yourvery essence." "I´ll remember." "See thatyou do." "Fremen ride the worm by the time they are 1 2." "I don´t want an old man likeyou shaming my teaching." "He won´t fail." "I must not fear." "Fear is the mind-killer." "I will face my fear." "I will let it pass through me." "Only I will remain." "He is too close." "He´s not leaving enough room." "I can second him." "It´s allowed, even in the test." "No!" "He must do this alone." "He is turning it." "He is turning it!" "Take positions!" "Is it our turn now, Muad´dib?" "You and me?" "I don´t think I´ve ever seen one that big." "Look, there." "Spice." "We´ve never come so far south." "The Fremen would never allow this." "No choice." "The Spacing Guild is buying up all the spice there is." " Nothing left for us." " This looks like a rich patch." " I´ll call in the harvester." " Get some men on those rocks first." "The Harkonnen patrols won´t be this far out." "It´s not the Harkonnen I´m worried about." " I´ll be damned." "A false patch." " Get the men back aboard!" "Put the knife away, Gurney Halleck." "Who is it that knows the name ofGurney Halleck?" "Is it truly Paul?" "You young pup!" "Young pup!" "Soyou´re the reason the Fremen have gotten so clever?" "I´d never have expected you to fall for such a simple trick." "Desperate times, my lord." "Harkonnen patrols have forced us south deeper and deeper." "Whereyou might´ve seen things you shouldn´t." "This is Gurney Halleck, Stil." "My father´s weapons master." "One ofmy teachers." "There aren´t many ofus... who haven´t heard the name Gurney Halleck." "This is Stilgar, the Naib ofour sietch." "Feel the wind." "You´re the one they call Muad´dib?" "That´s my Fremen name." "Come." "We´ll talk ofall these things while we wait out the storm." "Storm?" "We didn´t see any signs." "It comes soon." "Trust me." "What happens to my men?" "We´ll decide what to do with them after the storm." "We´ll have to hurry if we´re going to save the ´thopter." "This is one ofthe things you should not have seen." "You have many such hiding places?" "Many times many." "We call this one Cave of Ridges." "Would you like me to bring coffee?" "Yes." "And more food." "Yourwoman?" "The mother ofmy firstborn." "So much has happened." "The boy I knew... has now become a man." " Thanks to our enemies." " Cowards." "They hide in their cities in garrisons... hoping you will wearyourselfout with useless raids." "In otherwords, they´re immobilized." "Whileyou go where and when you choose." "A tactic I learned from you, Gurney man." "What aboutyour men?" "Smugglers, all." "Good men." "Some newcomers." "Off-worlders." "It´s hard to find recruits these days." "Any ofmy father´s men?" "Those that weren´t butchered by the Harkonnen... bribed whoever they could to leave Arrakis." "Everyone thought" "We all believed you were dead, my lord." "Butyou stayed." "Awaiting an opportunity forvengeance." "I knew we´d be reunited." "I saw it." "You´re the only one left to me, my lord." "Hawat, Idaho, your father-- all dead, all betrayed." "I would´ve gladly sacrificed myselfif I could´ve taken the traitorwith me." "My father once spoke about desert power." "I rememberwell." "Well, you´vejust met it." "The surface ofthis planet is ours." "No storm, no worm... not even the emperor´s Sardaukar can stop us now." "Enlist with me." "Feed on revenge with us." "Enlist?" "I never leftyour service." "That stupid swine seems almost begging for me to intervene." "The baron is a pig, Father, but he is not stupid." "Rabban has lost almost 50,000 troops in the past twoyears." "Arrakis is a fierce planet." "Attrition cannot explain such losses." "He´s losing five to one." "Read between the lines." "You are saying the baron is allowing this rebellion to continue?" "I´m saying the baron can count as well as we." "For the sake ofargument, what ifthere were only... 20,000 people in a Fremen sietch?" "And what ifthere were only 250 such communities... on the whole ofArrakis?" "Our spies are suggesting there may be twice that many." "Yes." "Ten million." "Toughened by conditions worse than your own prison planet, Father." "Yes, but brutalized by that mindless thug, Rabban." "Theywould never allywith him." "Perhaps this brutality is simply part ofsomething more cunning." "A clever prelude to ripen them up for someone else." "Someone to come and rescue them from Rabban." "Someone like the other nephew." "The cute one, Feyd." "Ifsuch a plan succeeded... the baron would have a force... to rival even your dreaded Sardaukar." "Summon Harkonnen to Kaitain." "We shall see what devices this perverse mind is breeding." "Your Highness has a perceptive mind." "Shall I take that as a complement or a threat, Fenring?" "I meant it only as a sign ofmy respect." "I shareyour fear ofthe baron´s schemes." "My father can handle the baron." "It is this Muad´dib I´m curious about." "Halt!" "He caught Korba from behind, Muad´dib." "One ofmy newcomers." " Sardaukar." " Not a chance." "The only possible explanation ifhe overcame Korba." "Submit, Captain." "Sardaukar." " Let me kill him, my lord." " Gurney Halleck is right." " We must take his water." " Otheym!" "See that he´s not harmed." "We´ll have use for him soon." "Chani, nowyou can return to the southern sietch." " I wantyou to bring my mother here." " Your mother?" "My lord, we were told she was taken by the Harkonnen." "That she´s dead." "She´s very much alive, old friend." "And you will see her soon." "Come." "We have another raid to plan." "Muad´dib never sleeps." "They say Muad´dib never eats." "They believe he can see into the future." "They believe he cannot be killed." " No one´s ever seen him." " No, Highness." "Many claim they have... sometimes in several places at the same time." "But what does he look like?" "I want to know what he looks like." "No one will say for sure." "Perhaps he doesn´t even exist." "Perhaps he´sjust a legend, a ghost." "There are no such things as ghosts." "We were able tojam their signals." "No communications escaped, but I thinkyou should see this." "A guild agent." "Quite a distance from the comforts of Kaitain." "May I remind you that I am protected by the Imperial Treaties for Commerce... by the Chon declaration, paragraph 1 2, subparagraph D... and by articles 3, 8 and 1 4 ofthe Great Convention" "Imperial law is void where Muad´dib stands." "The forms must be obeyed." "Be quiet." "Shall we take theirwaters now?" "We have surrendered without resistance." "We have put our lives atyour mercy." "Mercy is a word I no longer understand." "Tell me... are their many guild agents on Arrakis these days?" "We are neutrally in the matters between you and the Harkonnen" " Are there?" " Arrakis is crawling with them... buying up the spice as if there were precious little left." "And you´re afraid, aren´tyou?" "The spice must flow." "Otheym, disarm their ´thopters." "Fuel them only as much as needed to reach Arrakis." "You are letting them go?" "Take a message toyour masters." "Tell them your fight is hopeless." "Tell them the forces of Muad´dib cannot be defeated." "Tell them the days are numbered." "The men are going to question your intentions." "The men can´t possible imagine what my intentions are." "Your son shares a bond with this man." " It runs very deep." " Very deep." "The kind only men can have." "And, my little man, you are so thin." "Is he being fed enough?" "His appetite is as healthy as any I´ve seen." "He should be with the other children." "I cherish the time I spend with my grandson." "He can´t learn the ways ofthe sietch ifhe´s kept apart." "There are things he must learn that extend beyond the ways ofthe sietch." "There will be time enough to learn those things." "Does Paul share that sentiment?" "Muad´dib relies on myjudgement... where our son is concerned." "You have been a good companion to my son, Chani." "But he is not like other men." "I´m sure I know that better than most." "He is noble-born." "The rightful heir to the House Atreides." "An alliance with one ofthe other great houses must remain a possibility." "You don´t have to worry, Reverend Mother." "I will only do what´s best for him... just as you did foryour duke." "So the emperor seems to be entertaining some ofthe other royal hounds as well." "There is much to discuss." "Really?" "Your Majesty, these people are mad." "The women throw their babies at us." "They hurl themselves onto ourweapons... to open a wedge for their men to attack." "Indeed." "I can wipe the planet clean ofthe entire race." "But then who would mine the spice?" "It´s a terrible dilemma." "Doyou have any idea where this Muad´dib character came from?" "What he wants?" "What his price is?" "He´s a Fremen fanatic, a religious adventurer." "They crop up regularly on the fringes ofcivilization." "Your Majesty knows this." "Most seem simply bent on suicide." "Haveyou ever stared into the eyes ofa religious fanatic?" "Suicide and martyrdom... are often the same thing." "It´sa dangerous game he´splaying." "This rebellion must be crushed, now." "We agree." "Something must be done." "Although, we may not suggest what that is, ofcourse." "We cannot move on House Harkonnen unilaterally, Majesty." "There are complications in our relationship." "It´s time to draw this Muad´dib into the open." "Have the royal houses prepare their armies." "We´re moving the royal palace to Arrakis... with the guild´s approval, ofcourse." "They expectyou to call Stilgar out." "No man recognizes leadership without the challenge ofcombat." "Now that I´ve ridden the worm, they think there is nothing else in ourway." "Is there?" "A man in a rush never sees the edge ofthe cliff... until it´s too late." "They don´t see any cliffs." "You don´t allow them to." "They have a simple religion." "Nothing about religion is simple." "Isn´t it a little late to be worrying about that?" "We did" "I did what I had to do to ensure our survival." "You used them." "Yes." " So haveyou." " No." "I´m fulfilling the role destiny has chosen for me." "You sound likeyou´re starting to believe the legends aboutyou." "Like the Kwisatz Haderach?" "What doyou know about that?" "Mother Ramallo called me that... at Sietch Tabr before she died." "I was supposed to have a daughter... one that could be wed to the Harkonnen heir." "A way to end the feud and possibly produce the Kwisatz Haderach." "The one who can be many places at once." "The ultimate achievement ofcenturies of Bene Gesserit breeding." "The man who could go where we could not." "The one with perfect memory... who could provide perfect predictability." "And perfect power for the Bene Gesserit, ofcourse." "I did what I did because I loved your father." "I onlywanted to give him a son." "I didn´t want to create a god." " Then you don´t believe it´s true?" " I´m your mother." " I know whoyou are." " Doyou?" "Forgive me, Reverend Mother." "Can I bring you anything?" "Some food, perhaps?" "Yes, thankyou." "And then I´d like to see Gurney." "You must find a way not to lose Stilgar." "Come, Otheym." "Foiled your escape, eh, witch?" " What areyou doing?" " I´m your confessor." "Takeyour hands offme." "I´m here to unburden your black conscience ofguilt... before I send you into eternity." "One more step, my lord, and I´ll finish it right now." " You´d better explain yourself." " I´ll explain, all right." "The day the House Atreides fell, I swore an oath..." "I would kill the one who betrayed your father." "You couldn´t be more wrong." " Do not speak!" " Gurney." " Stand whereyou are, my lord." " Am I capable oflying toyou?" " You never have, my lord." " The traitorwas Yueh, Gurney." "We have the confession in his own hand." "As soon as you release my mother, you can read it foryourself." "Look me in the eye and tell me it wasn´tyou." "I will know ifyou are lying." "I will know." "I would´ve given my life to save Leto." "The day he died, my heart turned to stone." "It was Yueh." "They had his wife." "My God." "What have I done?" "My God." "Be still, Gurney." "It´s over now." "Ididn´tseeitcoming." "You need to rest, Muad´dib." "I didn´t know he would threaten her." "I never saw it." "He could´ve killed her." "This can´t go on." "You are asking too much ofyourself." "I wantyou to take Leto and return to the southern sietch." "I wantyou safe." "I´m safest when we are together." "But I´m not." "He´s alive." "I assureyou, he´s alive." "But the thread oflife is so thin... most think he´s not." " How long has he been this way?" " Almost to the dayyou left." "Otheym found him." "The experience has shaken him." "I spent a week trying to revive him." "It has been no use." "There have been meetings." "Arguments." "Some ofthe elders think it´s time to... take his water." "Who else knows?" "Stilgar, the Naibs... and the Fedaykin, ofcourse." "What do the Fedaykin think?" "They think he´s in a sacred trance... gathering his holy powers for the final battle." "I´ve encouraged this view." "You have to help, Chani." "You´re my last hope." "Please, tell me what to do." "The Fedaykin are right, Reverend Mother." "Muad´dib is in a trance." "A dangerous trance." "He has taken the Water of Life." "The raw water ofa drowned Maker." "I have not changed ityet." "More could kill him." "It´s our only hope." "Muad´dib." "Beloved." "Chani, what areyou doing here?" "Paul." "I was outside... just a moment ago." "You drank the Water of Life." "Yes!" "We thoughtyou were dead." "You have no idea." "I have seen things there are not words to describe." " You´ve seen the future?" " The now, Mother." "The future and the past." "All at once." "All the same." "I am the whirlwind." "I can´t go there." "I´m afraid." "I´m so afraid." "It is the place we cannot go." "That is why I have come." "You are the Kwisatz Haderach." "No, Mother." "I am something more." "I´m something unexpected." "I am the fulcrum." "The giver and the taker." "I am the one who can be many places at once." "I am the master offate." "I am the tool offate." "Reverend Mother?" "Reverend Mother, areyou sick?" "I´m fine." "Nowyou understand." "I´ve decided we´re alike, you and me." "Haveyou?" "When this dusty little nuisance is over, I´ll convinceyou." " I´d be confused ifyou didn´t try." " I know." "That´s whywe´re alike." "We don´t like to be confused." "We like to be certain." "Sometime... remind me to tell you about the ancient legend ofthe phoenix." "That´s it, beautiful boy." "You may find a way for us yet." "She´d make a fine trophy on Harkonnen linen, wouldn´t she?" "The Padishah emperor is here... in the space above us... with his favorite truthsayer and legions ofhis Sardaukar." "Every great house has its raiders here." "The Baron Harkonnen is with them." "But, Muad´dib, how can you know this?" " I´ve seen them." " My lord, we only heard this morning... from our smuggler allies." "You were unconscious." "Not unconscious." "Muad´dib has seen through the Water of Life." "Reverend Mother, is this true?" "He has seen." "Mahdi!" "You are the voice from the outerworld." "You are the prophet sent to us by Shai´hulud." "You must takeyour place, Muad´dib." "We´ve waited long enough." "You must do it now!" "Doyou live for the good ofthe tribe, Stilgar?" " There is no otherway." " And for the good ofthe tribe... would you stand there and let me drive this blade intoyour heart?" "Call him out, Muad´dib." "It is the way, Stilgar." " Call him out!" " It is the way." "Ways change!" "Hard tasks need hard ways." "You must become our Naib soyou can lead us against the Harkonnen." "And would you smash your knife before starting that war?" "Would you cut offyour right arm and leave it bloody on the floor?" "Doyou think the Mahdi is that stupid?" "There isn´t a man among you... who could stand against me in single combat, Stilgar included." "Must I prove it by calling out the Naib... ofevery sietch on the planet?" "Must I cripple myselfby killing our strongest and wisest leaders... just for the sake ofsome mindless ritual?" "You say I am the Mahdi." "I say I am your duke!" "And it´s time now to wipe Arrakis clean... ofthe awful Harkonnen stench." "Time to drive their name into the depths ofhell... so that we may reclaim the planet... and create a paradise together!" "As Liet taught us." "As Liet taught us." "Long live the duke." "Long live Duke Paul Muad´dib." "Long live the fighters of Muad´dib." "Long live the fighters of Muad´dib." "Mahdi." "The men have gathered the supplies." "We´re almost ready to depart." " What are theywaiting for?" " For permission." "They know the guild will strand any force that lands here without consent." "The guild is protecting us?" "They´re afraid still-- afraid ofwhat´s to come." "They are searching for a way out." "They´re searching for me." "What are we going to do?" "Let them find me." "Come, Otheym." "I wantyou to choose several ofyour best men... ones whoyou trust above all others." "Separate them from the rest before we withdraw from here." "As you wish." "Send them to the reservoir in the Habbanya Erg." "Have them collect the Water of Life we´ve hidden there." "I don´t understand." "Those are changed waters... hidden there in case something should happen to the Reverend Mother." "Have the men find a pre-spice mass... as large as possible." "Have them plant the waters above the mass... and wait for my orders." "Doyou realize whatyou´re asking me to do?" "Whatyou´ve asked shall be done, Muad´dib." "The baron insists... the southern areas are uninhabitable." "The baron is mistaken." " Fremen?" " There have been reports." "Only a few were investigated, according to Harkonnen documents." "Cost-to-profit too high, apparently." "Many thopters were lost." "Even smugglers won´t venture there." "Send a light attack force immediately." "I want ground reconnaissance." "Perhaps this Muad´dib thinks he can continue to attack us... then retreat into the wilderness where we dare not follow." "Well..." "I´m about to strangle his options." "Let all Fremen who pass here... pause and pay homage to the shrine of Duke Leto Atreides... and all those who´ve died in the service ofjustice." "Gurney." "Now all we need is a storm-- a great-grandmother ofa storm." "Seems you´ll have one soon enough." "From here the future will open." "The clouds will part to reveal its glory." "And it gives me no peace." "I´ve seen whatyou´ve seen." "I know what´s coming, whatyou´re about to let loose-- notjust here on Arrakis but across the entire universe." "But I am powerless to stop it." "Areyou?" "A terrible purpose awaits us, Mother." "This vast organism we call humanity is about to reinvent itself... from the ashes ofits own complacency." "The sleeper has awakened." "Anything that tries to stop it... will be crushed." " Even the innocent?" " There are no innocents anymore." "Your fatherwould never have spoken this way." "I am not my father." "You are his son." "More than his son." "Much more." "Thanks toyou." "Take a good look at me, Mother." "See something I´ve learned after I took the Water of Life." "Look into my eyes." "Look back through them into my blood." "Harkonnen blood." "Flowing in mine." "It flows from you." "I won´t believe it." "Who was your father?" " Tell me." " You know I can´t." " Who?" " I don´t know." "I don´t know." "I have never known." " Because they hid it from you." " Because they took me as an infant... raised me in the Bene Gesserit ways." "Like all the others before and since." "None know their mothers or their fathers." "The Baron Harkonnen, Mother-- You´re his daughter." "The product ofa clever seduction... the handiwork ofyour precious Bene Gesserit breeding programs." "I´m his grandson." "Theywanted to control things." "They couldn´t control you." "You changed everything." "You had a son, and now I´m here." "The one theywere seeking." "But I´ve arrived before my time." "And they´rejust beginning to realize it." "They´re coming." "Check that room." "Over here." "What is it?" "Our son is dead." "Will you look at that thing?" "I count nine levels." "The fool´s brought the whole palace with him." "My dear emperor..." "I´m about to shatteryour sanity." "Then I´m going to destroyyou." "Not a thopter in the sky." "Everything´s being pulled in and tied down." "They know a storm is coming." "Time to let them know I´m here." "The Sardaukar captain... alive and unharmed, as you ordered." "I´m about to setyou free." "And you must take this with you." "These are terms for surrender." "They killed my son." "I can´t do this." "You have no choice." "Don´t be afraid." "Good." "Clean him up." "Give him one ofthe Sardaukar uniforms we´ve taken." "Full rank insignia." "Let him face his masterwith dignity." "You´re mad!" "Doyou know that?" "Afteryou return with the emperor´s answer... then we can discuss who is mad." "The arrogance!" "The utter lunacy!" "Your Majesty, ifI may suggest the time has come... to loose the forces ofthe empire against this scum." "Shutyour mouth." "It´s you I have to thank for this mess." "You and your hapless family, Baron." "I really don´t think, Your Majesty... that this is the time to revisit old strategies." "I said quiet!" "So, he wants an answer, does he?" "So, here he is... the fat baron himself." "He´s not much, is he?" "What is this?" "Some kind ofmidget?" "My dear baron... meet the sister ofthe one they call Muad´dib." "Their shields are going up." "They´ve given us their answer." "The thumpers have been activated." "It´s time, Gurney." "Your Majesty, I had no idea." " He´s lying, ofcourse." " Quiet, child." "Make him afraid some more." "It´s time to bring this sorry episode to a close." "Time foryour brother to surrender... as the prize foryour life." "I don´t take orders from you, old man." "It´s not wise to be so impudent, child." "You do not want to feel the full force ofmy power." "I am beyond your power." "Ask her." "Kill her!" "Kill her now." "She´s the abomination." "The one the ancients warned us about." "What is this?" "Look at her, Father." "Can you not see it?" "She is the daughter of Duke Leto." "She is Atreides." "Her brother is the duke´s son, Paul." "He is the Muad´dib." "Impossible." "Have faith." "The endgame has already been written." "Do it, Gurney." "Do it now!" "Killher!" "She´s in my mind." "Kill her!" "Kill her!" "My brother comes." "The shield wall is breached, Your Majesty." "The perimeter shields won´t hold against that." "Majesty, we must fall back to space and reform." "Give her body to the storm!" "Let the storm have what it can take." "I have her, Your Majesty!" "Good-bye, Grandfather." "You have finally met the Atreides GomJabbar." "Majesty, we must retreat." "Prepare my shuttle." "Stilgar!" "This way." "Some ofthe dying asked to see the Reverend Mother." "She is with them." "This was my parents´ room." "What little peace they had afterwe came to Arrakis... was here." "Tell me again about the waters ofyour homeland, Muad´dib." "Where water falls from the sky... and plants grow so thick... you can´t walk in between them." "As Arrakis will be one day." "Paid forwith the blood ofour people." "Our fathers." "Our son." "He can never be replaced, Chani." "But there will be other children." "I promise." "Is it over?" "Almost." "Perhaps my respected kinsman... thinks he has things his own way now." "There is a massed armada ofthe great houses in the space... overArrakis, young Atreides." "I have but to give the word." "Yourword means nothing anymore." "I am the emperor!" "Not for long." "Dispatch orders toyour navigators." "They are to depart our space... and return the fleet to its homes immediately." "The guild does not takeyour orders." "Tell them to look into the future." "Theywill see me staring back at them... ready to give the order... the order to destroy all spice production on this planet." "My men are waiting in the desert." "There is a particularly large and volatile pre-spice mass there." "I need but raise my finger... and the nest will be flooded with the changed Water of Life." "Jessica!" "What haveyou done to us?" "Spreading death among the Makers." "Killing a cycle oflife." "Creating a chain reaction which will grow and grow... until there are no Makers left." "Until there is no spice left." "Jessica, silence him!" "Silence him yourself." "Can he do this?" "They know I can do this." "That´s what they´ve feared the most." "They´ve been monitoring the signals my men have been sending." "They know preciselywhere we are... and what we can do." "Without the spice... the navigators will become blind... the Bene Gesserit will lose all powers... and all commerce among the great houses will cease." "Civilization will end." "IfI am not obeyed... the spice will not flow." "But it will be suicide." "I thinkwe both know the way out ofthis difficulty, don´t we?" " Paul." " Do not interfere, Mother." "This is for the good ofus all." "Never!" "An adventurer like him, a traitor to the empire." "Father, here is a man fit to beyour son." "Doyou really think I´d agree to such a thing?" "What choice do we have?" "Kanly." "I invoke kanly." "Which one is that?" "The baron´s other nephew, my lord." "Feyd." "A coldblooded killer." "So it comes down to this." "It is my right." "As the baron now of House Harkonnen..." "I demand satisfaction." "Soyou´re what´s left ofthe house that killed my father." "It´s down to us." "Here we settle this vendetta once and for all." "He´s a Harkonnen animal, Muad´dib." "He´s right, my lord." "Let me kill him." "It will be my gift toyou." "Is the great Muad´dib such a coward... that he must send others to do his dirtywork?" "Otheym." "Does this one fight in the emperor´s name?" "If Feyd wishes it... he will meetyou with my blade in his hand." "I wish it!" "May thy knife chip and shatter." "Paul, don´t do it." "Would you like the emperor´s truthsayer to prepareyour spirit for itsjourney?" "Or haveyou gone too native?" "Maybeyou´d like that little pet up there... the pretty one... to say a few pagan rites... before I claim her." "I am not afraid." "Nothing to say, Atreides?" "Perhaps you´ll answer this." "Soyou see, Atreides?" "Your death, fool." "The poison will stopyour muscles and my knife will finish you." "It´s over... cousin." "Irulan." "You cannot stop this thing." "The spice must flow." "Youseeherstanding there... sohaughty, so confident." "Letushopeshe findssolace inher writingandherbooks." "She´llhave little else." "Shemayhave myson´sname... butitis we, the ones who carry thename ofconcubine... thathistory will call wives."