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Book One: Dune
“Growth,”shesaid.“DoyoumeanArrakiscanhaveanorderlycycleofwatertosustainhumanlifeundermorefavorableconditions?”
“Impossible!”thewatermagnatebarked.
JessicaturnedherattentiontoBewt.“Impossible?”
“ImpossibleonArrakis,”hesaid.“Don’tlistentothisdreamer.Allthelaboratoryevidenceisagainsthim.”
KyneslookedatBewt,andJessicanotedthattheotherconversationsaroundthetablehadstoppedwhilepeopleconcentratedonthisnewinterchange.
“Laboratoryevidencetendstoblindustoaverysimplefact,”Kynessaid.
“Thatfactisthis:wearedealingherewithmattersthatoriginatedandexistout-of-doorswhereplantsandanimalscarryontheirnormalexistence.”
“Normal!”Bewtsnorted.“NothingaboutArrakisisnormal!”
“Quitethecontrary,”Kynessaid.“Certainharmoniescouldbesetupherealongself-sustaininglines.Youmerelyhavetounderstandthelimitsoftheplanetandthepressuresuponit.”
“It’llneverbedone,”Bewtsaid.
TheDukecametoasuddenrealization,placingthepointwhereKynes’attitudehadchanged—ithadbeenwhenJessicahadspokenofholdingtheconservatoryplantsintrustforArrakis.
“Whatwouldittaketosetuptheself-sustainingsystem,DoctorKynes?”
Letoasked.
“IfwecangetthreepercentofthegreenplantelementonArrakisinvolvedinformingcarboncompoundsasfoodstuffs,we’vestartedthecyclicsystem,”
Kynessaid.
“Water’stheonlyproblem?”theDukeasked.HesensedKynes’excitement,felthimselfcaughtupinit.
