48.
IDAHO
(in Chakobsa)
Go with them in peace.
(CHAKOBSA TRANSLATION)
Jila hiyak sa fadla.
(PHONETIC: JI-la hi-yak sa
FAD-la)
He greets Hawat’s men as they arrive with casual authority:
IDAHO (CONT'D)
Treat them well. These are friends.
The Fremen allow Hawat’s security team to lead them aside.
The other two ornithopters land behind Idaho; squads of
Fremen get out and fan out watchfully across the tarmac. They
are lean desert warriors, male and female, proud and silent.
Idaho walks toward Paul and the others with the smile of a
conquering hero. Paul runs to meet him: they hug.
PAUL
Duncan!
IDAHO
I swear you’re taller.
PAUL
Well, you smell much worse.
Gurney and Duncan clasp arms.
IDAHO
I have so much to tell you.
Leto looks at the Fremen standing on the landing field behind
Idaho and a spark of hope kindles in his eyes.
46 INT. RESIDENCY - LETO’S OFFICE - DAY 46
Duke Leto and his lieutenants gather around the table to hear
Idaho’s tale. The atmosphere is informal: Leto sits, but
others stand or lean on crates. They talk rapidly, excited:
IDAHO
For four weeks I lived with the
Fremen, in a community called a
sietch. Hidden in the desert.
Stilgar, the leader of that sietch,
has come with me to meet you, Sire.
LETO
This sietch. How was it hidden?
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