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Book Two: Muad‘dib
Itwasaround,blackholewithedgesglisteninginthemoonlight.
ThemouthsnakedtowardthenarrowcrackwherePaulandJessicahuddled.
Cinnamonyelledintheirnostrils.Moonlightflashedfromcrystalteeth.
Backandforththegreatmouthwove.
Paulstilledhisbreathing.
Jessicacrouchedstaring.
IttookintenseconcentrationofherBeneGesserittrainingtoputdowntheprimalterrors,subduingarace-memoryfearthatthreatenedtofillhermind.
Paulfeltakindofelation.Insomerecentinstant,hehadcrossedatimebarrierintomoreunknownterritory.Hecouldsensethedarknessahead,nothingrevealedtohisinnereye.Itwasasthoughsomestephehadtakenhadplungedhimintoawell...orintothetroughofawavewherethefuturewasinvisible.
Thelandscapehadundergoneaprofoundshifting.
Insteadoffrighteninghim,thesensationoftime-darknessforcedahyper-accelerationofhisothersenses.Hefoundhimselfregisteringeveryavailableaspectofthethingthatliftedfromthesandthereseekinghim.Itsmouthwassomeeightymetersindiameter...crystalteethwiththecurvedshapeofcrysknivesglintingaroundtherim...thebellowsbreathofcinnamon,subtlealdehydes...acids....
Thewormblottedoutthemoonlightasitbrushedtherocksabovethem.Ashowerofsmallstonesandsandcascadedintothenarrowhidingplace.
Paulcrowdedhismotherfartherback.
Cinnamon!
Thesmellofitfloodedacrosshim.
Whathasthewormtodowiththespice,melange?heaskedhimself.AndherememberedLiet-Kynesbetrayingaveiledreferencetosomeassociationbetweenwormandspice.
