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Book One: Dune
They’llnotriskanythingthatillegal.Radiationlingers.
Theevidenceishardtoerase.No.They’llobservemostoftheforms.Ithastobeatraitor.”
“You’retheDuke’sman,”shesneered.“Wouldyoudestroyhimintheefforttosavehim?”
Hetookadeepbreath,then:“Ifyou’reinnocent,you’llhavemymostabjectapologies.”
“Lookatyounow,Thufir,”shesaid.“Humanslivebestwheneachhashisownplace,wheneachknowswherehebelongsintheschemeofthings.Destroytheplaceanddestroytheperson.YouandI,Thufir,ofallthosewholovetheDuke,aremostideallysituatedtodestroytheother’splace.CouldInotwhispersuspicionsaboutyouintotheDuke’searatnight?Whenwouldhebemostsusceptibletosuchwhispering,Thufir?MustIdrawitforyoumoreclearly?”
“Youthreatenme?”hegrowled.
“Indeednot.Imerelypointouttoyouthatsomeoneisattackingusthroughthebasicarrangementofourlives.It’sclever,diabolical.Iproposetonegatethisattackbysoorderingourlivesthatthere’llbenochinksforsuchbarbstoenter.”
“Youaccusemeofwhisperingbaselesssuspicions?”
“Baseless,yes.”
“You’dmeetthiswithyourownwhispers?”
“Yourlifeiscompoundedofwhispers,notmine,Thufir.”
“Thenyouquestionmyabilities?”
Shesighed.“Thufir,Iwantyoutoexamineyourownemotionalinvolvementinthis.Thenaturalhuman’sananimalwithoutlogic.Yourprojectionsoflogicontoallaffairsisunnatural,butsufferedtocontinueforitsusefulness.You’retheembodimentoflogic—aMentat.
