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Book Two: Muad‘dib
Jessicarecoiled,fearingshewouldbecomelostinanoceanofoneness.Still,thecorridorremained,revealingtoJessicathattheFremenculturewasfarolderthanshehadsuspected.
TherehadbeenFremenonPoritrin,shesaw,apeoplegrownsoftwithaneasyplanet,fairgameforImperialraiderstoharvestandplanthumancoloniesonBelaTegeuseandSalusaSecundus.
Oh,thewailingJessicasensedinthatparting.
Fardownthecorridor,animage-voicescreamed:“TheydeniedustheHajj!”
JessicasawtheslavecribsonBelaTegeusedownthatinnercorridor,sawtheweedingoutandtheselectingthatspreadmentoRossakandHarmonthep.
Scenesofbrutalferocityopenedtoherlikethepetalsofaterribleflower.AndshesawthethreadofthepastcarriedbySayyadinaafterSayyadina—firstbywordofmouth,hiddeninthesandchanteys,thenrefinedthroughtheirownReverendMotherswiththediscoveryofthepoisondrugonRossak...andnowdevelopedtosubtlestrengthonArrakisinthediscoveryoftheWaterofLife.
Fardowntheinnercorridor,anothervoicescreamed:“Nevertoforgive!
Nevertoforget!”
ButJessica’sattentionwasfocusedontherevelationoftheWaterofLife,seeingitssource:theliquidexhalationofadyingsandworm,amaker.Andasshesawthekillingofitinhernewmemory,shesuppressedagasp.
Thecreaturewasdrowned!
“Mother,areyouallright?”
Paul’svoiceintrudedonher,andJessicastruggledoutoftheinnerawarenesstostareupathim,consciousofdutytohim,butresentinghispresence.
