council of naibs. We must bring a trial of possession againstAlia. You know what that will mean, Reverend Mother. She is your daughter. I know what it means. An official warrant for the arrest of Fedaykin Al-Fali... and his confederates from Sietch Gara Kulan. Post it in every city. Send word to every sietch. The conspiracy to murder the imperial regent... and kidnap the mother of Muad'Dib must be crushed without mercy. Are you looking at me or analyzing me, Duncan? I'm gathering data. You must find her, Duncan. You must find her and return her to me. Surely your data must point to the danger I'm in. We are in. Perhaps your lover would be a better comfort to you than I. I've made so many mistakes, Duncan. So many mistakes. Because I've been afraid. I'm ashamed of my weakness. Please try to forgive me. I lost my temper in there, Duncan. I know it was a mistake, but I can fix it. It was an accident of fatigue, nothing else. I can make everyone understand. Everyone except her. You have to deal with her. She is your mother. She is Bene Gesserit no matter what she said in there. And those damnable hags would like nothing more than to put me to the test. Please, Duncan. Please. You're the only one I can trust. You're the only one who loves me enough. You must eliminate her. No harm must come to House Atreides. No matter what the cost. You handled that well. Shut up. As you wish, milady. We found their clothing near the bakery, Stilgar. We're certain they're no longer in the sietch. They must be wearing those robes they brought from Arakeen. But our search parties can't find a single trace of them in the desert. They won't. Not unless the children want them to. They do not appreciate my presence here. These are puritans, Reverend Mother. What they do not like is what's become of their revolution. Then I must convince them that neither do I. A messenger has arrived under immunity of Stilgar. It is urgent. You have a message from Sietch Tabr. Fali, hold! Your grandchildren are missing. I'm to bring you to Sietch Tabr as soon as possible. You can't go with him, Holy Mother. He is a ghola. He was my duke's most trusted warrior. He died once, saving Muad'Dib's life... and mine. But he is Alia's husband. He is still Atreides. It is my daughter who is not. We don't have much time. What about these Fedaykin who have helped me? Alia has issued a warrant against them. - Crimes against the Imperium. - Of course she has. Stilgar has offered sanctuary if they can make it to Tabr. Then that is what you will do. When the imperial agents find this place... there must be nothing left but the wind howling through the rocks. As the Holy Mother commands. May Shai Hulud clear the path before you. Is it true about my grandchildren, Duncan? You would not have come if you didn't believe it, milady. Stilgar suspects they may have seen this crisis coming. He fears they've gone into the desert. I made many mistakes with my daughter, Duncan. There have been many mistakes, milady. And I repeated most of them. She will not survive the trial of abomination. This is not the course for the Sietch Tabr, is it? No, milady, it is not. Are you going to tell me where you're taking me? Somewhere even Alia won't think to look for us. I don't think they saw us. I don't think they were looking for us. We don't have much time. We have to make those rocks before sunset. Search parties will be certain to come out this far now. - That's not a worm. - But an animal. More than one. It's closer now. Much closer. Move! - There's a cave up there. - Run. Get in!History is written on the sands of Arrakis... where rebellion and civil war continue to breed... fed by Alia's brutal tyranny and repression... as she sinks deeper into the abomination of her own ghosts... unable to recognize the forces conspiring against her... unaware of the
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