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Appendix I: The Ecology of Dune
Hedodgedaswordthrustfromoneoftheothers,slittheman’sthroatwithaneatentrisseur,andlefttheloneremainingbravotothetwoFremenyouths,turninghisfullattentiontosavingtheladontheground.Andsavetheladhedid...whilethesixthHarkonnenwasbeingdispatched.
Nowherewasaprettykettleofsandtrout!TheFremendidn’tknowwhattomakeofKynes.Theyknewwhohewas,ofcourse.NomanarrivedonArrakiswithoutafulldossierfindingitswayintotheFremenstrongholds.Theyknewhim:hewasanImperialservant.
ButhekilledHarkonnens!
Adultsmighthaveshruggedand,withsomeregret,senthisshadetojointhoseofthesixdeadmenontheground.ButtheseFremenwereinexperiencedyouthsandalltheycouldseewasthattheyowedthisImperialservantamortalobligation.
KyneswounduptwodayslaterinasietchthatlookeddownonWindPass.
Tohim,itwasallverynatural.HetalkedtotheFremenaboutwater,aboutdunesanchoredbygrass,aboutpalmariesfilledwithdatepalms,aboutopenqanatsflowingacrossthedesert.Hetalkedandtalkedandtalked.
AllaroundhimragedadebatethatKynesneversaw.Whattodowiththismadman?Heknewthelocationofamajorsietch.Whattodo?Whatofhiswords,thismadtalkaboutaparadiseonArrakis?Justtalk.Heknowstoomuch.
ButhekilledHarkonnens!Whatofthewaterburden?WhendidweowetheImperiumanything?HekilledHarkonnens.AnyonecankillHarkonnens.Ihavedoneitmyself.
ButwhatofthistalkaboutthefloweringofArrakis?
Verysimple:Whereisthewaterforthis?
Hesaysitishere!Andhedidsavethreeofours.
