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           Vegetationandanimalchangeswillbedeterminedatfirstbytherawphysicalforceswemanipulate.Astheyestablishthemselves,though,ourchangeswillbecomecontrollinginfluencesintheirownright—andwewillhavetodealwiththem,too.Keepinmind,though,thatweneedcontrolonlythreepercentoftheenergysurface—onlythreepercent—totiptheentirestructureoverintoourself-sustainingsystem.”

           Whyaren’tyouhelpingme?Kyneswondered.Alwaysthesame:whenIneedyoumost,youfailme.Hewantedtoturnhishead,tostareinthedirectionofhisfather’svoice,staretheoldmandown.Musclesrefusedtoanswerhisdemand.

           Kynessawthehawkmove.Itapproachedhishand,acautiousstepatatimewhileitscompanionswaitedinmockindifference.Thehawkstoppedonlyahopawayfromhishand.

           AprofoundclarityfilledKynes’mind.HesawquitesuddenlyapotentialforArrakisthathisfatherhadneverseen.Thepossibilitiesalongthatdifferentpathfloodedthroughhim.

           “NomoreterribledisastercouldbefallyourpeoplethanforthemtofallintothehandsofaHero,”hisfathersaid.

           Readingmymind!Kynesthought.Well...lethim.

           Themessagesalreadyhavebeensenttomysietchvillages,hethought.

           Nothingcanstopthem.IftheDuke’ssonisalivethey’llfindhimandprotecthimasIhavecommanded.Theymaydiscardthewoman,hismother,butthey’llsavetheboy.

           Thehawktookonehopthatbroughtitwithinslashingdistanceofhishand.

           Ittippeditsheadtoexaminethesupineflesh.