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Book One: Dune
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“There’satalethatagreatMotherLodeofspiceistobefoundinthesouthernreaches,”Kynessaid,“butIsuspectitwasanimaginativeinventionmadesolelyforpurposesofasong.Somedaringspicehuntersdo,onoccasion,penetrateintotheedgeofthecentralbelt,butthat’sextremelydangerous—navigationisuncertain,stormsarefrequent.CasualtiesincreasedramaticallythefartheryouoperatefromShieldWallbases.Ithasn’tbeenfoundprofitabletoventuretoofarsouth.Perhapsifwehadaweathersatellite....”
Bewtlookedup,spokearoundamouthfuloffood:“It’ssaidtheFrementravelthere,thattheygoanywhereandhavehuntedoutsoaksandsip-wellseveninthesouthernlatitudes.”
“Soaksandsip-wells?”Jessicaasked.
Kynesspokequickly:“Wildrumors,myLady.Theseareknownonotherplanets,notonArrakis.Asoakisaplacewherewaterseepstothesurfaceornearenoughtothesurfacetobefoundbydiggingaccordingtocertainsigns.Asip-wellisaformofsoakwhereapersondrawswaterthroughastraw...soitissaid.”
There’sdeceptioninhiswords,Jessicathought.
Whyishelying?Paulwondered.
“Howveryinteresting,”Jessicasaid.Andshethought.“Itissaid....”Whatacuriousspeechmannerismtheyhavehere.Iftheyonlyknewwhatitrevealsabouttheirdependenceonsuperstitions.
“I’veheardyouhaveasaying,”Paulsaid,“thatpolishcomesfromthecities,wisdomfromthedesert.”
“TherearemanysayingsonArrakis,”Kynessaid.
BeforeJessicacouldframeanewquestion,aservantbentoverherwithanote.
