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(whispers back) *
I am smiling. *Which makes the Duke actually smile, which makes Gurney
actually smile juuust a little too.
LETO *
How much will they spend traveling *
here for this formality? *The question jolt’s Hawat’s mind into Mentat functioning. His
eyes roll back as he calculates.
HAWAT *
(eyes flickering) *
Three Guild Navigators, fifty-two *
parsecs...figure a hundred and *
forty decagrams of spice...a total *
of one-point-four-six million *
solaris, round-trip. *Leto and Gurney sigh. *
At the end of the Atreides lineup... PAUL, in ceremonial
dress, staring at this curious retinue in front of him.
Among them are royal courtiers of some kind, as well as a
woman in what appears to be religious garb. She keeps her
eyes cast to the ground. *
The procession stops a respectful distance from the Duke, and
the man with the scroll says, in a loud, officious voice:
HERALD OF THE CHANGE *
By the grace of Shaddam IV of House *
Corrino, Ascendant to the Golden *
Lion Throne and Padisha Emperor of *
the Known Universe, I stand before *
you as Herald of the Change. *He gestures to those who have accompanied him. *
HERALD OF THE CHANGE (CONT'D) *
We are witnessed by members of the *
imperial court, representatives of *
the Spacing Guild, and a sister of *
the Bene Gesserit. *The RELIGIOUS WOMAN finally lifts her eyes to see JESSICA
staring right back at her. They share a similar kind of
adornment to their clothing. As if part of the same order. *
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