Дюна
Book One: Dune
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“They’reusingSardaukar,”Jessicasaid.“WemustwaituntiltheSardaukarhavebeenwithdrawn.”
“TheythinkuscaughtbetweenthedesertandtheSardaukar,”Paulsaid.
“TheyintendthattherebenoAtreidessurvivors—totalextermination.Donotcountonanyofourpeopleescaping.”
“TheycannotgoonindefinitelyriskingexposureoftheEmperor’spartinthis.”
“Can’tthey?”
“Someofourpeopleareboundtoescape.”
“Arethey?”
Jessicaturnedaway,frightenedofthebitterstrengthinherson’svoice,hearingthepreciseassessmentofchances.Shesensedthathismindhadleapedaheadofher,thatitnowsawmoreinsomerespectsthanshedid.Shehadhelpedtraintheintelligencewhichdidthis,butnowshefoundherselffearfulofit.Herthoughtsturned,seekingtowardthelostsanctuaryofherDuke,andtearsburnedhereyes.
Thisisthewayithadtobe,Leto,shethought.“Atimeofloveandatimeofgrief.”Sherestedherhandonherabdomen,awarenessfocusedontheembryothere.IhavetheAtreidesdaughterIwasorderedtoproduce,buttheReverendMotherwaswrong:adaughterwouldn’thavesavedmyLeto.Thischildisonlylifereachingforthefutureinthemidstofdeath.Iconceivedoutofinstinctandnotoutofobedience.
“Trythecommuninetreceiveragain,”Paulsaid.
Themindgoesonworkingnomatterhowwetrytoholditback,shethought.
JessicafoundthetinyreceiverIdahohadleftforthem,flippeditsswitch.Agreenlightglowedontheinstrument’sface.Tinnyscreechingcamefromitsspeaker.
