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Book One: Dune
Kynessaid:“There’sabonusbasedonspiceloadforwhoevergivesfirstwormwarning.Theywanttoknow—”
“Tellthemwhohadfirstsightofthatworm,”Hallecksaid.
TheDukenodded.
Kyneshesitated,thenliftedthemicrophone:“SpottercredittotheDukeLetoAtreides.TheDukeLetoAtreides.Over.”
Thevoicefromthespeakerwasflatandpartlydistortedbyaburstofstatic:
“Wereadandthankyou.”
“Now,tellthemtodividethebonusamongthemselves,”Halleckordered.
“Tellthemit’stheDuke’swish.”
Kynestookadeepbreath,then:“It’stheDuke’swishthatyoudividethebonusamongyourcrew.Doyouread?Over.”
“Acknowledgedandthankyou,”thespeakersaid.
TheDukesaid:“IforgottomentionthatGurneyisalsoverytalentedinpublicrelations.”
KynesturnedapuzzledfrownonHalleck.
“ThisletsthemenknowtheirDukeisconcernedfortheirsafety,”Hallecksaid.“Wordwillgetaround.Itwasonanareaworkingfrequency—notlikelyHarkonnenagentsheard.”Heglancedoutattheiraircover.“Andwe’reaprettystrongforce.Itwasagoodrisk.”
TheDukebankedtheircrafttowardthesandclouderuptingfromthefactorycrawler.“Whathappensnow?”
“There’sacarryallwingsomewhereclose,”Kynessaid.“It’llcomeinandliftoffthecrawler.”
“Whatifthecarryall’swrecked?”Halleckasked.
“Someequipmentislost,”Kynessaid.“Getincloseoverthecrawler,myLord;you’llfindthisinteresting.”
TheDukescowled,busiedhimselfwiththecontrolsastheycameintoturbulentairoverthecrawler.
