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Book Two: Muad‘dib
Ahawklandedonthesandnearhisoutstretchedhand.Kynessawitfolditswings,tipitsheadtostareathim.Hesummonedtheenergytocroakatit.Thebirdhoppedawaytwosteps,butcontinuedtostareathim.
“Menandtheirworkshavebeenadiseaseonthesurfaceoftheirplanetsbeforenow,”hisfathersaid.“Naturetendstocompensatefordiseases,toremoveorencapsulatethem,toincorporatethemintothesysteminherownway.”
Thehawklowereditshead,stretcheditswings,refoldedthem.Ittransferreditsattentiontohisoutstretchedhand.
Kynesfoundthathenolongerhadthestrengthtocroakatit.
“ThehistoricalsystemofmutualpillageandextortionstopshereonArrakis,”hisfathersaid.“Youcannotgoonforeverstealingwhatyouneedwithoutregardtothosewhocomeafter.Thephysicalqualitiesofaplanetarewrittenintoitseconomicandpoliticalrecord.Wehavetherecordinfrontofusandourcourseisobvious.”
Henevercouldstoplecturing,Kynesthought.Lecturing,lecturing,lecturing—alwayslecturing.
ThehawkhoppedonestepclosertoKynes’outstretchedhand,turneditsheadfirstonewayandthentheothertostudytheexposedflesh.
“Arrakisisaone-cropplanet,”hisfathersaid.“Onecrop.Itsupportsarulingclassthatlivesasrulingclasseshavelivedinalltimeswhile,beneaththem,asemihumanmassofsemislavesexistsontheleavings.It’sthemassesandtheleavingsthatoccupyourattention.Thesearefarmorevaluablethanhaseverbeensuspected.”
“I’mignoringyou,Father,”Kyneswhispered.“Goaway.
