the chaos I must endure? Yes, I see it. I'm afraid I see it all too clearly. - Get rid of them. - Get out. All of you, out. Come. Still the same arrogant Bene Gesserit cow. You must forgive my daughter, Irulan. She let temper get in the way of judgment this afternoon. She let her words run away with her. Do not concern yourself with me. I know what it's like to be in her place. I know how lonely it can be sometimes. I understand. At the same time, you're never alone. There are always people who need you. Life in a court can be suffocating. Easy to lose your perspective. I'm glad we can be honest. I feel that I can trust you. My only concern is for their safety. Take care of your own well-being. Thank you for your concern. You're very important to me. I will let Alia know that I bear no ill feelings because of her harsh words. You're very understanding. There they are. Those two. Can you see them? We have a shuttle waiting. Leto, come. Hurry. Anybody who had a hand in helping the twins get out of the city... must be arrested and brought to me. I will make an example of all who defy me. Get out! This is my mother's doing. I want her dead. - Now. - No, my dear. Not just yet. Patience, my dear. Patience and calm. That is the palliative for fury and despair. Everyone is turning against me. Oh, don't worry, child. There are many clever ways to rid oneself of a troublesome witch. Your efforts to the contrary, I suppose. Well, unfortunately, my efforts were, shall we say, interrupted... by a wonderfully devious and cruel little girl. You took great pleasure in the act, as I recall. I had to admire your ruthlessness. Had you only been a few years older... Why am I even listening to you, you perverted old fool? Because I am here to help you. Because I'm the only one you can trust. What you must do is take care of your mother in public. Why don't you call in that lovely boy? The priest. Javid, eh? Mix business with pleasure perhaps? You were right, Muriz. Her paranoia deepens with each passing hour. - She's ordered immediate retaliation. - Good. The more the repression, the greater the rebellion. The greater the rebellion... the sooner our enemies slaughter each other. Get word to that Corrino witch. Tell her we continue to work our mischief. Even though she's not of council any longer... I have asked Lady Jessica... adored mother of Muad'Dib... to join us for the ritual of supplication. We bring before the holy family a Kedeshian troubadour... a miserable wanderer... who has lost everything but the clothes on his back... and now must beg the court for... Mercy, Holy Mother. I am Gadian Al-Fali... naib of Sietch Gara Kulan. My ladies, do not listen to this man. His appeal is not approved. I am here concerning a matter of the desert. A matter of the desert is a concern of great magnitude, Fedaykin. But, Reverend Mother... Yes, milady. I am Fedaykin. Once offering his life at the side of Muad'Dib. This is not the proper forum for... We will hear this matter of the desert. We have abandoned our friend the desert, Holy Mother. Shai Hulud no longer roams the sands. He cannot be found except in the empty quarters, far from our people. The superstitious of the inner desert... have always feared the transformation of our land. A land where nothing grew. Now there are plants. They spread like maggots upon the wound. There are clouds in the sky... and rain. Precious mother of Muad'Dib, rain from the sky of Dune. It is a death to us all. We only do what Liet and Muad'Dib intended us to do. Would you challenge their holy words? And what of the worms then? There will always be some desert, some worms. As go the worms, so goes the spice. And if the spice does not flow, what coin do we have to buy our way? Silence! These are matters of state. And you will not challenge the
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