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PAUL (CONT'D) *
Better than anyone else has ever *
done. *
JESSICA *
Better than any man has ever done. *
Touché. He lifts his water glass to that, then drinks. And *
shovels more food in his mouth. Still boyish. *
JESSICA (CONT'D) *
You look tired. More dreams? *
He hesitates a moment too long before he gives her the lie: *
PAUL *
No. *
2D EXT. CALADAN TARMAC - DAY 2D
Several Atreides flags flapping in the wind.
Paul squints at a distant spaceship in the bright morning *
sky. It comes in fast. *
The huge Imperial Spacecraft lands. Its door opens: a red *
carpet deploys automatically, rolling at high speed across *
the tarmac.
A phalanx of dignitaries gets out, men and women in varying *
degrees of ceremonial dress, and led by strikingly formal man *
carrying an ornate SCROLL. *
They stride across the tarmac. On each side, ATREIDES *
OFFICERS in formation. Waiting at the end of the red carpet: *
DUKE LETO ATREIDES in ceremonial noble dress. A soldier’s *
build and a poet’s eyes. At his side, LADY JESSICA. *
To their left and right, THUFIR HAWAT, unmistakably a *
Mentat... and GURNEY HALLECK, who is as sour and *
uncomfortable as his Duke is warm and welcoming. *
Leto keeps his eyes straight forward, but: *
LETO *
(whispers to Gurney) *
Smile, Gurney. *
Gurney’s scowling face doesn’t change. *
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