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Book Two: Muad‘dib
Inthatmoment,thesmugglerremindedhimofDukeLeto:aleaderofmen,courageous,secureinhisownpositionandhisowncourse.HewasliketheDuke...beforeArrakis.
“Doyouwishmybladebesideyou?”Halleckasked.
Tueksatback,relaxed,studyingHallecksilently.
“Doyouthinkofmeasfightingman?”Halleckpressed.
“You’retheonlyoneoftheDuke’slieutenantstoescape,”Tueksaid.“Yourenemywasoverwhelming,yetyourolledwithhim....YoudefeatedhimthewaywedefeatArrakis.”
“Eh?”
“Weliveonsufferancedownhere,GurneyHalleck,”Tueksaid.“Arrakisisourenemy.”
“Oneenemyatatime,isthatit?”
“That’sit.”
“IsthatthewaytheFremenmakeout?”
“Perhaps.”
“YousaidImightfindlifewiththeFrementootough.Theyliveinthedesert,intheopen,isthatwhy?”
“WhoknowswheretheFremenlive?Forus,theCentralPlateauisano-man’sland.ButIwishtotalkmoreabout—”
“I’mtoldthattheGuildseldomroutesspicelightersinoverthedesert,”
Hallecksaid.“Buttherearerumorsthatyoucanseebitsofgreeneryhereandthereifyouknowwheretolook.”
“Rumors!”Tueksneered.“DoyouwishtochoosenowbetweenmeandtheFremen?Wehaveameasureofsecurity,ourownsietchcarvedoutoftherock,ourownhiddenbasins.Welivethelivesofcivilizedmen.TheFremenareafewraggedbandsthatweuseasspice-hunters.”
“ButtheycankillHarkonnens.”
“Anddoyouwishtoknowtheresult?Evennowtheyarebeinghunteddownlikeanimals—withlasguns,becausetheyhavenoshields.
