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Book One: Dune
Theyfellback,grumblingamongthemselves,trailedawayaroundthebuilding.
“Mostinteresting,”Letosaid.
KynespassedahardglareovertheDukeandPaul,said:“Mostofthedesertnativeshereareasuperstitiouslot.Paynoattentiontothem.Theymeannoharm.”Buthethoughtofthewordsofthelegend:“TheywillgreetyouwithHolyWordsandyourgiftswillbeablessing.”
Leto’sassessmentofKynes—basedpartlyonHawat’sbriefverbalreport(guardedandfullofsuspicions)—suddenlycrystallized:themanwasFremen.
KyneshadcomewithaFremenescort,whichcouldmeansimplythattheFremenweretestingtheirnewfreedomtoenterurbanareas—butithadseemedanhonorguard.Andbyhismanner,Kyneswasaproudman,accustomedtofreedom,histongueandhismannerguardedonlybyhisownsuspicions.Paul’squestionhadbeendirectandpertinent.
Kyneshadgonenative.
“Shouldn’twebegoing,Sire?”Halleckasked.
TheDukenodded.“I’llflymyown‘thopter.Kynescansitupfrontwithmetodirectme.YouandPaultaketherearseats.”
“Onemoment,please,”Kynessaid.“Withyourpermission,Sire,Imustcheckthesecurityofyoursuits.”
TheDukestartedtospeak,butKynespressedon:“Ihaveconcernformyownfleshaswellasyours...myLord.I’mwellawareofwhosethroatwouldbeslitshouldharmbefallyoutwowhileyou’reinmycare.”
TheDukefrowned,thinking:Howdelicatethismoment!IfIrefuse,itmayoffendhim.Andthiscouldbeamanwhosevaluetomeisbeyondmeasure.Yet
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