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Book One: Dune
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Ofcourse,theprophecyleftcertainlatitudeastowhethertheMotherGoddesswouldbringtheMessiahwithherorproduceHimonthescene.Still,therewasthisoddcorrespondencebetweenpredictionandpersons.
TheymetinmidmorningoutsidetheArrakeenlandingfield’sadministrationbuilding.Anunmarkedornithoptersquattednearby.hummingsoftlyonstandbylikeasomnolentinsect.AnAtreidesguardstoodbesideitwithbaredswordandthefaintair-distortionofashieldaroundhim.
Kynessneeredattheshieldpattern,thinking:Arrakishasasurpriseforthemthere!
Theplanetologistraisedahand,signaledforhisFremenguardtofallback.
Hestrodeonaheadtowardthebuilding’sentrance—thedarkholeinplastic-coatedrock.Soexposed,thatmonolithicbuilding,hethought.Somuchlesssuitablethanacave.
Movementwithintheentrancecaughthisattention.Hestopped,takingthemomenttoadjusthisrobeandthesetofhisstillsuitattheleftshoulder.
Theentrancedoorsswungwide.Atreidesguardsemergedswiftly,allofthemheavilyarmed-slow-pelletstunners,swordsandshields.Behindthemcameatallman,hawk-faced,darkofskinandhair.HeworeajubbacloakwithAtreidescrestatthebreast,andworeitinawaythatbetrayedhisunfamiliaritywiththegarment.Itclungtothelegsofhisstillsuitononeside.Itlackedafree-swinging,stridingrhythm.
Besidethemanwalkedayouthwiththesamedarkhair,butrounderintheface.TheyouthseemedsmallforthefifteenyearsKynesknewhimtohave.
