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Leto gives it everything. The overloaded ornithopter claws
for altitude, jets burning, wings beating. Metal CREAKS
dangerously. Turbines whine like banshees...
The crawler falls away below them --
THE WORM ERUPTS. Swallowing the entire spice crawler in a
gulp, its cavernous maw rising out of the desert like a
nightmare toward the struggling ornithopter.
Clinging to Gurney, Paul stares down into that mouth in a
semi-trance. Smelling the spice on the worm’s hot breath.
And then they’re away, watching the Worm sink back into the
sand, swallowing all their treasure.
Paul sees Kynes muttering under her breath with religious
fervor, her eyes on the worm below:
KYNES
Bless the Maker and His Water.
Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world
and keep the world for His people.
The rescued spice workers, out of breath, are praying.
53 EXT. ARRAKEEN RESIDENCY - AIRCRAFT BAY - DAY 53
Duke Leto and Paul get out of Leto’s ornithopter and walk
toward the Residency. Leto speaks sternly to Paul:
LETO
You cannot take such risks. You
have responsibilities.
PAUL
I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.
LETO
Go!
Paul leaves, shaken. Beside the ornithopter, Kynes stands
watching. Leto strides towards her.
LETO (CONT'D) *
Everything they left is in *
shambles. It’s plain to see. We’ve *
been set up to fail. When you *
report to the Emperor, you must say *
the rules weren’t followed. *
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