among the Fremen?"

reaching for me. But I'm not what they expected, and I've arrived before my

"The Fremen have a saying they credit to Shai-hulud, Old Father Eternity,"

"If you're not the Kwisatz Haderach," Jessica said, "what--"

And he thought: Yes, mother mine--among the Fremen. You'll acquire the blue

I must get word out to one of the schools, she thought. The mating index may

Great Mother! He's the Kwisatz Haderach!

She felt exposed and naked before him, realizing then that he saw her with

reaching for me. But I'm not what they expected, and I've arrived before my

"They won't learn about me until it's too late," he said.

Jessica pressed her hands to her mouth.

"You couldn't possibly know," he said. "You won't believe it until you see

eyes and a callus beside your lovely nose from the filter tube to your stillsuit

mind. I'm something unexpected."

reaching for me. But I'm not what they expected, and I've arrived before my

"You couldn't possibly know," he said. "You won't believe it until you see

evi

Jessica pressed her hands to her mouth.

As though he saw inside her mind, Paul said: "They thought they were

eyes from which little could be hidden. And that, she knew, was the basis of her

. . . and you'll bear my sister: St. Alia of the Knife.

empty place within, threatening to choke him with grief.

among the Fremen?"

"The Fremen have a saying they credit to Shai-hulud, Old Father Eternity,"

evi

among the Fremen?"

"You're thinking I'm the Kwisatz Haderach," he said. "Put that out of your

As though he saw inside her mind, Paul said: "They thought they were

it."