confront the possibility? Muad'Dib was afraid. He was trapped by his own prophecy... a victim of what he knew he could not choose. So I have chosen... to make a world where humankind can create its own future... from moment to moment... free of one man's vision... free from the perversion of the prophet's words... and free of future pre-determined. This does not belong to me. How many nights I have sat on a dune just like this... imagining a night just like this... with my father. Just the two of us... talking and-- and laughing. And how many nights I have gone to sleep on the cold floor of the sietch... dreaming of his arms around me... sheltering me from everything I was afraid of... everything I could not understand. Are you still a good Fremen? Yes. Then will you permit... a blind man... to go out into the desert... and find peace on his own terms? Not yet. Cursed be the name Atreides. Body shield. Armed. Many of the old sietch communities are becoming overrun with refugees. The holy regent demands that you abandon your pledge of neutrality. Ally your forces with hers and put an end to this damnable rebellion. Alia is Fremen. She knows she cannot make such a demand on me... or on any other naib! You can no longer remain above the fight, Stilgar. Your feeble attempts to mediate have accomplished nothing. It is time for you to choose. Are you with the empire or against it? It is not a choice I will make because... some fop of a priest demands it. Well, perhaps the royal consort... can talk some sense into this obstinate fool. I can do better than that. The ''royal cuckold'' thanks you for this opportunity. Stilgar will now make his choice. You have violated sanctuary. You have defiled... the honor of my people. No, Stil. I have just cut the collar from around your neck. That was the right choice, Stil. Two deaths for the Atreides... the second one for no better reason than the first. It was a sign. He forced our hand. Now Alia will be forced to move against us. He has taken the tribe into the desert. No one knows where... but his only refuge will be with the rebels. Idaho acted impulsively, milady. He was-- Was my husband! Kanly... vendetta... on Stilgar and all of his tribe that joined him. Let them be hunted down like desert rabbits. Yes,yes. Kill them. I want their skins when they're caught. Nice touch,yes. Very creative. This is the one we took on the south face. He came across the bled from the south wall. So, they say you rode a worm here. A 20-thumper ride. - And yet, you are not Fremen. - They taught me well. Rumors across the desert say you're dead, Gurney Halleck. There are many who wished it were true. The sons of Esmar Tuek are not among them, old friend. We've been waiting on you, Gurney Halleck. - How did you know I'd come here? - My father told me. Your father? Well, in the desert, sheltered once is sheltered always. After the Harkonnen invasion, these were the men who protected you... before you were finally reunited with Muad'Dib. A reunion which allowed me to join his rebellion... against Shaddam and the imperial forces. Another rebellion awaits you, Gurney Halleck. My loyalty is to House Atreides. I am House Atreides. And what of your aunt? My aunt is lost-- lost to forces she could not control... to forces who want to destroy House Atreides. What have you done to yourself? I have made a choice... accepted a destiny, nothing more. My eyes can see it... but my mind refuses to believe it. Believe it, Gurney. Remember the words of my father and my grandfather, your duke. They spoke to you of desert power. I am desert power... and nothing can stop what is going to happen. We are here to honor the throne of Muad'Dib... and his sister, the holy regent. We are here to honor his esteemed daughter with the presentation... of our son, Prince Farad'n... heir to the throne
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