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Book One: Dune
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“DoessheknowabouttheFremen?”
“Yes,andaboutmuchmore.”
“What?”
AndtheDukethought:Thetruthcouldbeworsethanheimagines,butevendangerousfactsarevaluableifyou’vebeentrainedtodealwiththem.Andthere’soneplacewherenothinghasbeensparedformyson—dealingwithdangerousfacts.Thismustbeleavened,though;heisyoung.
“FewproductsescapetheCHOAMtouch,”theDukesaid.“Logs,donkeys,horses,cows,lumber,dung,sharks,whalefur—themostprosaicandthemostexotic...evenourpoorpundiricefromCaladan.AnythingtheGuildwilltransport,theartformsofEcaz,themachinesofRichesseandIx.Butallfadesbeforemelange.AhandfulofspicewillbuyahomeonTupile.Itcannotbemanufactured,itmustbeminedonArrakis.Itisuniqueandithastruegeriatricproperties.”
“Andnowwecontrolit?”
“Toacertaindegree.ButtheimportantthingistoconsideralltheHousesthatdependonCHOAMprofits.Andthinkoftheenormousproportionofthoseprofitsdependentuponasingleproduct—thespice.Imaginewhatwouldhappenifsomethingshouldreducespiceproduction.”
“Whoeverhadstockpiledmelangecouldmakeakilling,”Paulsaid.“Otherswouldbeoutinthecold.”
TheDukepermittedhimselfamomentofgrimsatisfaction,lookingathissonandthinkinghowpenetrating,howtrulyeducatedthatobservationhadbeen.
Henodded.“TheHarkonnenshavebeenstockpilingformorethantwentyyears.”
“Theymeanspiceproductiontofailandyoutobeblamed.”
“TheywishtheAtreidesnametobecomeunpopular,”theDukesaid.
