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Book One: Dune
“Idonotwantyourforgiveness.Ialreadyhaveenoughburdens.WhatIhavedonewasdonewithoutmaliceorhopeofanother’sunderstanding.Itismyowntahaddial-burhan,myultimatetest.IgiveyoutheAtreidesducalsignetastokenthatIwritetruly.Bythetimeyoureadthis,DukeLetowillbedead.Takeconsolationfrommyassurancethathedidnotdiealone,thatonewehateaboveallothersdiedwithhim.”
Ithadnotbeenaddressedorsigned,butthere’dbeennomistakingthefamiliarscrawl—Yueh’s.
Rememberingtheletter,Paulre-experiencedthedistressofthatmoment—athingsharpandstrangethatseemedtohappenoutsidehisnewmentalalertness.
Hehadreadthathisfatherwasdead,knownthetruthofthewords,buthadfeltthemasnomorethananotherdatumtobeenteredinhismindandused.
Ilovedmyfather,Paulthought,andknewthisfortruth.Ishouldmournhim.
Ishouldfeelsomething.
Buthefeltnothingexcept:Here’sanimportantfact.
Itwasonewithalltheotherfacts.
Allthewhilehismindwasaddingsenseimpressions,extrapolating,computing.
Halleck’swordscamebacktoPaul:“Mood’sathingforcattleorformakinglove.Youfightwhenthenecessityarises,nomatteryourmood.”
Perhapsthat’sit,Paulthought.I’llmournmyfatherlater...whenthere’stime.
Buthefeltnoletupinthecoldprecisionofhisbeing.Hesensedthathisnewawarenesswasonlyabeginning,thatitwasgrowing.Thesenseofterriblepurposehe’dfirstexperiencedinhisordealwiththeReverendMotherGaiusHelenMohiampervadedhim.
