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Book One: Dune
Hefeltunabletostoptheinflowofdataorthecoldprecisionwithwhicheachnewitemwasaddedtohisknowledgeandthecomputationwascenteredinhisawareness.ItwasMentatpowerandmore.
Paulthoughtbacktothemomentofimpotentrageasthestrange‘thopterdivedoutofthenightontothem,stoopinglikeagianthawkabovethedesertwithwindscreamingthroughitswings.ThethinginPaul’smindhadhappenedthen.The’thopterhadskiddedandslewedacrossasandridgetowardtherunningfigures—hismotherandhimself.Paulrememberedhowthesmellofburnedsulfurfromabrasionof’thopterskidsagainstsandhaddriftedacrossthem.
Hismother,heknew,hadturned,expectedtomeetalasguninthehandsofHarkonnenmercenaries,andhadrecognizedDuncanIdaholeaningoutthe’thopter’sopendoorshouting:“Hurry!There’swormsignsouthofyou!”
ButPaulhadknownasheturnedwhopilotedthe’thopter.Anaccumulationofminutiaeinthewayitwasflown,thedashofthelanding—cluessosmallevenhismotherhadn’tdetectedthem—hadtoldPaulpreciselywhosatatthosecontrols.
AcrossthestilltentfromPaul,Jessicastirred,said:“Therecanbeonlyoneexplanation.TheHarkonnensheldYueh’swife.HehatedtheHarkonnens!Icannotbewrongaboutthat.Youreadhisnote.Butwhyhashesavedusfromthecarnage?”
Sheisonlynowseeingitandthatpoorly,Paulthought.Thethoughtwasashock.Hehadknownthisfactasaby-the-waythingwhilereadingthenotethathadaccompaniedtheducalsignetinthepack.
“Donottrytoforgiveme,”Yuehhadwritten.
