Paulus hit a piece of furniture hard with his hand, and Leto heard wood scraping across stone, a chair shoved aside. If you've never had paradan fresh from the sea, you're in for a taste treat.though the fruit's a bit salty for me." "If you want one, just reach over the side and take it.
Looking overboard, Rhombur saw rafts of leathery-leafed seaweed and round gourdlike fruits that held up the plants like air bladders. That choice will cost you and our House dearly." "You're the one who has made a choice here, Paulus. She lashed out at him with such vehemence that Leto took a silent step backward in surprise out in the shadowy hall. "You must live with the consequences, and be damned by them." Your decision alone, Paulus Atreides." Her voice was frighteningly cold. "Still it was your own decision, despite my warnings and despite my advice. Rhombur soaked up the experience of water and wind and sun, smiling. The Prince of Ix stood at the bow while Leto worked the controls. "Now it's my turn to show you around Caladan."įar off to starboard a pod of murmons swam like furred logs, large but harmless creatures that drifted with ocean currents, singing to themselves with low, hooting sounds. "A perfect day," Leto said, realizing that his friend was homesick for the lost underground city of Vernii, probably tired of too much weather.
The ocean spread out like a blue-green prairie, curving off to the distant horizon. THE NEXT DAY, a calm and sunny morning, Leto stood next to Rhombur at an open window, admiring the quays at the base of the promontory. On my honor and my word - there was no choice." Isolated black ridges of rock barely poked above the waves like the spine of a sleeping leviathan.
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He handed Rhombur a set of binoculars and indicated a frothy, tumultuous patch on the sea. Leto sailed the coracle for about an hour, consulting satellite maps and charts, making for a knot of outlying reefs. As the mariner assistants cast off the lines, one asked, "You can handle this yourself, m'Lord?" An Atreides burgee flew from the stern, snapping in the breeze. But local coral gems were lovely, nonetheless.Īfter all preparations were completed, he and Rhombur boarded the wickerwood coracle. Because of the hazards and expense of containment, the gems did not support much of an off-world export market, given the more viable alternative of soostones from Buzzell. Coral gems were said to hold tiny living creatures that caused their inner fires to dance and simmer. These precious stones, found in knobby coral reefs, were popular pieces on Caladan, but perilous to handle. Don't worry, we won't go far, just to the reefs."
The seas are calm, and we have a shore-com aboard. "Jerrik, you know I've been handling these boats for years now.
Should I feel sorry for them? I think not." Unswayed, she said, "In their pride, the people of Ix have broken the Law, and they have paid for it. "It's about time you started to earn your keep around here." We can dive without air tanks." He slapped Rhombur on the back. Then we can go diving." He opened a compartment and withdrew a sack and a small spatulaknife for each of them. "We'll anchor about half a kilometer away so we don't risk ripping open the hull. "Remember your rock collection? You and I are going to dive for coral gems." Unsettled, Leto crept away, his question forgotten, without waiting to see how soon they extinguished the lights.įinally, as Rhombur looked on with curiosity and trepidation, Leto clapped him on the shoulder.
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