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Book One: Dune
“TwoJohnnieswhocamealongfortheride,Scor,”saidthetallDuneman.
“Whywasn’tsomethingsaidaboutthem?”
“Itwasthechancetheytook,Soor,”theDunemansaid.
“MyLord,”saidKynes,“thesemenknowit’soflittleusetodoanythingaboutmentrappedonthedesertinwormcountry.”
“We’llsendashipfrombaseforthem!”theDukesnapped.
“Asyouwish,myLord,”Kynessaid.“Butlikelywhentheshipgetsherethere’llbenoonetorescue.”
“We’llsendaship,anyway,”theDukesaid.
“Theywererightbesidewherethewormcameup,”Paulsaid.“How’dtheyescape?”
“Thesidesoftheholecaveinandmakethedistancesdeceptive,”Kynessaid.
“Youwastefuelhere,Sire,”Halleckventured.
“Aye,Gurney.”
TheDukebroughthiscraftaroundtowardtheShieldWall.Hisescortcamedownfromcirclingstations,tookuppositionsaboveandonbothsides.
PaulthoughtaboutwhattheDunemanandKyneshadsaid.Hesensedhalf-truths,outrightlies.Themenonthesandhadglidedacrossthesurfacesosurely,movinginawayobviouslycalculatedtokeepfromluringthewormbackoutofitsdepths.
Fremen!Paulthought.Whoelsewouldbesosureonthesand?Whoelsemightbeleftoutofyourworriesasamatterofcourse—becausetheyareinnodanger?Theyknowhowtolivehere!Theyknowhowtooutwittheworm!
“WhatwereFremendoingonthatcrawler?”Paulasked.
Kyneswhirled.
ThetallDunemanturnedwideeyesonPaul—bluewithinbluewithinblue.
“Whobethislad?”heasked.
