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Book Two: Muad‘dib
Shefounditwithinthedrugshehadswallowed.
Thestuffwasdancingparticleswithinher,itsmotionssorapidthatevenfrozentimecouldnotstopthem.Dancingparticles.Shebeganrecognizingfamiliarstructures,atomiclinkages:acarbonatomhere,helicalwavering...aglucosemolecule.Anentirechainofmoleculesconfrontedher,andsherecognizedaprotein...amethyl-proteinconfiguration.
Ah-h-h!
Itwasasoundlessmentalsighwithinherasshesawthenatureofthepoison.
Withherpsychokinestheticprobing,shemovedintoit,shiftedanoxygenmote,allowedanothercarbonmotetolink,reattachedalinkageofoxygen...
hydrogen.
Thechangespread...fasterandfasterasthecatalyzedreactionopeneditssurfaceofcontact.
Thesuspensionoftimerelaxeditsholduponher,andshesensedmotion.
Thetubespoutfromthesackwastouchedtohermouth-gently,collectingadropofmoisture.
Chani’stakingthecatalystfrommybodytochangethepoisoninthatsack,Jessicathought.Why?
Someoneeasedhertoasittingposition.ShesawtheoldReverendMotherRamallobeingbroughttositbesideheronthecarpetedledge.Adryhandtouchedherneck.
Andtherewasanotherpsychokinestheticmotewithinherawareness!Jessicatriedtorejectit,butthemotesweptcloser...closer.
Theytouched!
Itwaslikeanultimatesimpatico,beingtwopeopleatonce:nottelepathy,butmutualawareness.
WiththeoldReverendMother!
ButJessicasawthattheReverendMotherdidn’tthinkofherselfasold.Animageunfoldedbeforethemutualmind’seye:ayounggirlwithadancingspiritandtenderhumor.
