the Atreides.
Jessica!
It meant so much to him.
You thought only of
a Duke's desire for a son?
Desires don't come
into this.
An Atreides daughter
could have been wed
to a Harkonnen heir
and sealed the breach.
We may lose both
bloodlines now.
I vowed never to
regret my decision.
I'll pay for all
my own mistakes.
And your son
will pay with you.
Is Arrakis...
Is it really so terrible
on Arrakis?
My Duke...
You entered into this
with full knowledge of the
delicate edge you walked.
Jessica.
I wish I could stand
in your place
and take your sufferings.
But we must each of us
take our own path.
I know.
I understand.
About Paul...
What you did and why
you did it, we both know.
But kindness
forces me to tell you
there is little chance you will
be the Bene Gesserit totality.
However, I will observe him.
In a few minutes,
Jessica,
your son will be proved
to be a living human being
or he will be a dead animal.
He's here.
Arrakis... Dune,
Desert Planet.
Moving.
Moving.
[Thunder rumbling]
(Reverend Mother)
We'll salvage what we can.
But I can tell you,
dear God,
for the father, nothing.
For the father, nothing?
Did you really think you could
bear the Kwisatz Haderach?
The Universe's super being?
How dare you!
My greatest student.
And my greatest
disappointment.
He's awake.
He's listening to us.
[Thunder rumbling]
Good! Ready yourself,
young Paul Atreides.
I want to see you in your mother's
chambers in one-quarter of an hour.
Paul.
This is very important.
Remember you are
a duke's son.
(Paul) Kwisatz Haderach?
The super being?
For the father, nothing?
[Thunder rumbling]
This is the Reverend Mother
Gaius Helen Mohiam.
She's going to
observe you.
Please.
Jessica,
you know it must be done.
Your Reverence.
(Paul)
What does she fear?
What about my father?
Paul,
listen to the Reverend Mother
and do what she tells you.
[Rasping]
Now, you,
come here.
(Paul)
She's using the Voice.
No.
(Reverend Mother)
Some strength there.
Surprising.
Come here!
[Echoing faintly]
Come here!
Come here!
Do you see this?
[Clicking]
Put your right hand
in the box.
What's in the box?
Pain.
Stop.
Put your hand
in the box.
I hold at your neck
the gom jabbar.
Don't pull away
or you'll feel the poison.
A duke's son must know
about many poisons.
This one kills
only animals.
Are you suggesting
a Duke's son is an animal?
Let us say,
I suggest
you may be human.
Your awareness may
be powerful enough
to control your instincts.
Your instinct will be
to remove your hand
from the box.
If you do so,
you die.
You will feel
an itching
there.
Now the itching
becomes burning.
Heat upon heat
upon heat.
It burns.
Silence! Silence!
(Paul) I must not fear.
Fear is the mind killer.
And fear is the little death
that brings
total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass
over me and through me.
I must not fear.
You feel
the flesh crisping.
Fear is the mind killer.
Fear is the little death that
brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
Flesh dropping off.
Fear is the little death.
I must not fear...
Fear is the little death.
I'm...
The pain!
No! Enough!
[Gasping]
Kull Wahad!
No woman child ever
withstood that much.
Take your hand out of the box
and look at it, young human.
Do it!
Pain by nerve induction.
A human can resist
any pain.
Our test is crisis
and observation.
I see the truth of it.
(Reverend Mother)
Could he be the one?
Maybe.
But will he be
ours to control?
You know when
people speak the truth?
I know it.
Your mother wants you to
tell me about your dreams.
I only want to know
one thing:
Do they come true?
Not all of them.
I know which ones will.
Perhaps you are
the Kwisatz Haderach.
What is that?
The