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Book One: Dune
ThedaughtertheBeneGesseritwanted—itwasn’ttoendtheoldAtreides-Harkonnenfeud,buttofixsomegeneticfactorintheirlines.What?Shegropedforananswer.
Asthoughhesawinsidehermind,Paulsaid:“Theythoughttheywerereachingforme.ButI’mnotwhattheyexpected,andI’vearrivedbeforemytime.Andtheydon’tknowit.”
Jessicapressedherhandstohermouth.
GreatMother!He’stheKwisatzHaderach!
Shefeltexposedandnakedbeforehim,realizingthenthathesawherwitheyesfromwhichlittlecouldbehidden.Andthat,sheknew,wasthebasisofherfear.
“You’rethinkingI’mtheKwisatzHaderach,”hesaid.“Putthatoutofyourmind.I’msomethingunexpected.”
Imustgetwordouttooneoftheschools,shethought.Thematingindexmayshowwhathashappened.
“Theywon’tlearnaboutmeuntilit’stoolate,”hesaid.
Shesoughttodiverthim,loweredherhandsandsaid:“We’llfindaplaceamongtheFremen?”
“TheFremenhaveasayingtheycredittoShai-hulud,OldFatherEternity,”hesaid.“Theysay:‘Bepreparedtoappreciatewhatyoumeet.’”
Andhethought:Yes,mothermine-amongtheFremen.You’llacquiretheblueeyesandacallusbesideyourlovelynosefromthefiltertubetoyourstillsuit...andyou’llbearmysister:St.AliaoftheKnife.
“Ifyou’renottheKwisatzHaderach,”Jessicasaid,“what—”
“Youcouldn’tpossiblyknow,”hesaid.“Youwon’tbelieveituntilyouseeit.”
Andhethought:I’maseed.
