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Book One: Dune
Yet,yourproblemsolutionsareconceptsthat,inaveryrealsense,areprojectedoutsideyourself,theretobestudiedandrolledaround,examinedfromallsides.”
“Youthinknowtoteachmemytrade?”heasked,andhedidnottrytohidethedisdaininhisvoice.
“Anythingoutsideyourself,thisyoucanseeandapplyyourlogictoit,”shesaid.“Butit’sahumantraitthatwhenweencounterpersonalproblems,thosethingsmostdeeplypersonalarethemostdifficulttobringoutforourlogictoscan.Wetendtoflounderaround,blamingeverythingbuttheactual,deep-seatedthingthat’sreallychewingonus.”
“You’redeliberatelyattemptingtounderminemyfaithinmyabilitiesasaMentat,”herasped.“WereItofindoneofourpeopleattemptingthustosabotageanyotherweaponinourarsenal,Ishouldnothesitatetodenounceanddestroyhim.”
“ThefinestMentatshaveahealthyrespectfortheerrorfactorintheircomputations,”shesaid.
“I’veneversaidotherwise!”
“Thenapplyyourselftothesesymptomswe’vebothseen:drunkennessamongthemen,quarrels—theygossipandexchangewildrumorsaboutArrakis;theyignorethemostsimple—”
“Idleness,nomore,”hesaid.“Don’ttrytodivertmyattentionbytryingtomakeasimplematterappearmysterious.”
Shestaredathim,thinkingoftheDuke’smenrubbingtheirwoestogetherinthebarracksuntilyoucouldalmostsmellthechargethere,likeburntinsulation.
