Chapter 03
Posted: 13 Feb 2008 17:41
The sietch at the desert's rim
Was Liet's, was Kynes's,
Was Stilgar's, was Muad'Dib's
And, once more, was Stilgar's.
The Naibs one by one sleep in the sand,
But the sietch endures.
-from a Fremen song
The twins have upset Alia, she feels like asking them for help but thinks of that as weakness. They must be temped into the spice trance. She wonders why she can't see the future. She wonders why Jessica is coming now, before her plans are complete and can feel how fragile her regency is. She feels sorry for herself being a pre-born Atreides. As she leaves in a 'thopter she can see green spreading across the land. Leto must be tempted with the spice trance. Gurney Halleck is returning with Jessica and will complicate things, maybe this will help her with Leto. She hopes to focus Jessica's attention on the twins and draw it away from herself. She blames the Bene Gesserit for seeking to breed the Kwizats Haderach and her mother for not bearing a daughter first as she was ordered, leaving her to be born after Jessica became addicted to the spice. Now the BG didn't want her and feared her and with good reason. Duncan Idaho had made the mentat computation that Jessica was returning to bring the twins into the Bene Gesserit fold. She arrives and leaves the 'thopter with grim anticipation.
Was Liet's, was Kynes's,
Was Stilgar's, was Muad'Dib's
And, once more, was Stilgar's.
The Naibs one by one sleep in the sand,
But the sietch endures.
-from a Fremen song
The twins have upset Alia, she feels like asking them for help but thinks of that as weakness. They must be temped into the spice trance. She wonders why she can't see the future. She wonders why Jessica is coming now, before her plans are complete and can feel how fragile her regency is. She feels sorry for herself being a pre-born Atreides. As she leaves in a 'thopter she can see green spreading across the land. Leto must be tempted with the spice trance. Gurney Halleck is returning with Jessica and will complicate things, maybe this will help her with Leto. She hopes to focus Jessica's attention on the twins and draw it away from herself. She blames the Bene Gesserit for seeking to breed the Kwizats Haderach and her mother for not bearing a daughter first as she was ordered, leaving her to be born after Jessica became addicted to the spice. Now the BG didn't want her and feared her and with good reason. Duncan Idaho had made the mentat computation that Jessica was returning to bring the twins into the Bene Gesserit fold. She arrives and leaves the 'thopter with grim anticipation.