Chapter 45 Chapter Forty-Five

In a daze, Leto heard the jingling of water rings in the woman's hair.He looked out through the open door of the small stone chamber and saw Sabah sitting there.Half-dream and half-awake, he felt that she was exactly the same as what he saw in the vision.Most of the Freeman women two years younger than her were married, and those who weren't were at least engaged.So her family must have kept her for a special purpose...or for someone special.She's a healthy, marriageable woman...obviously.In a vision, his eyes saw her ancestors from Earth.She has black hair and light skin, with deep-set eye sockets that give a tinge of green to her pure blue eyes.Small nose, full lips, thin chin.To him, she was a living sign that Jakrutu knew, or at least suspected, Bi Geist's plans.The Sisterhood wants him to marry his sister to keep this brutal empire going.Could it be that the people of Jakrutu want to use Sabah to prevent such a marriage?

His captors knew of the plan, how did they know?They couldn't see the precognitive visions he saw.They did not follow him to future time and space.Repeated visions showed Sabah to be his, and his alone. The ring of water on Sabah's hair ding-dong again, and the sound inspired his vision.He was now riding a large sandworm, and the jingling of the water rings in the hair of the passengers brought rhythm to their journey.No, no... He is now in the small stone room of Jakrutu, on the most dangerous journey: sometimes leaving the real world that can be perceived by the senses, and sometimes returning to this world.

what is she doing thereThe water ring on the hair still makes a ding-dong sound from time to time?Oh yes, she's concocting the spice mix, and that's what they used to trap him: adding spice essence to food, keeping him half in the real world, half out of it, until either he dies or His grandmother's plan had succeeded.Every time he thought he had won, they would always do it again.Mrs. Jessica was right - that old bitch!What an experience!It is useless to open all the memories of all the lives in his body, unless he can organize all the memory data and decide what to recall according to his own will.Those beings are the raw material of disorder.Any of them could invade him.The people of Jiakelutu used a lot of spices on him, which was a gamble that had to be carried on.

Gurney was waiting for me to show some sign, but I refused to show it.How long will this experiment go on? He stared at Sabah outside the door.She throws the hood back, revealing the tribal tattoo at her temples: Leto doesn't recognize the tattoo immediately before realizing her surroundings.Yes, Jakrutu still exists. Leto didn't know whether to hate his grandmother or to thank her.She wanted him to be conscious and analyze his instincts.But instinct is just the collective memory of the human species, telling people how to respond to crises.Direct memory from other beings within him can teach him far more than instinct.He had sorted out their memories, and he had seen the dangers of revealing his heart to Gurney.But in front of Namri, he couldn't hide it.Namri is another problem.

Sabah walked into the small stone room, holding a small bowl in his hand.He watched with admiration as the light outside the door cast behind her, forming a rainbow at the fringe of her hair.She lifted his head gently and began to feed him from the small bowl.Only now did he realize how weak he was.Instead of refusing, he allowed his thoughts to wander again.He remembered the meeting with Gurney and Namri.They believed him!Namri was deeper than Gurney believed, but even Gurney could not deny the future of the planet that his consciousness saw. Sabah wiped his mouth with the hem of his robe.

Oh, Sabah, he thought, recalling the visions that filled his heart with pain.Many nights I dreamed by the open water, listening to the wind blow over my head.Many nights, my body lay beside the cave, dreaming of Sabah in the hot summer.I saw her stockpiling those spiced breads baked on red-hot plastic sheets.I saw the clear water in the aqueduct, quiet and sparkling, but there was a sandstorm raging in my heart.She drank coffee and ate dessert.Her teeth gleamed in the shadows.I saw her weave my water rings into her hair.The scent of amber from her breasts wafted into the deepest part of my being.Her presence oppresses and oppresses me.

The pressure from the internal memory exploded.He felt the intertwined bodies, the sound of making love, the lips, the breath, the wet breath, the tongue.Oh, let's make this happen.How wonderful it would be if it came true! "Sabah," he murmured, "oh my Sabah." Leto fell deeply into the drug's effects.Sabah left with the bowl.She paused at the door and said to Namri, "He's calling my name again." "Go back and stay with him," Namri said. "I must discuss this with Halleck." Sabah put the bowl at the door and turned back to the stone chamber.She sat by the cot, watching Leto's face in the shadows.

He opened his eyes, reached out a hand, and touched her cheek.He started talking to her, telling her what she was like in the visionary world. She held his hand in hers as he spoke.How sweet he looked...how sweet--and she fell on the bed with his hand in her head.She fell asleep, unaware that he had pulled his hand away. Leto sat up, feeling his extremely weak body.The spice and the visions it evoked drained his energy.He searched every cell of himself, gathering all the remaining strength.Then he climbed out of bed without disturbing Sabah.He had to leave, but he knew he couldn't get very far.

Slowly, he put on his still suit and robe, and slipped down the passage to the outside.There were a few people there, all busy with their own business.They knew him, but his business was none of their business: Namri and Hallek should know what he was doing, and Sabah was nearby. He found a path he needed, took courage, and walked down it. Behind him, Sabah was fast asleep until Hallek returned to wake her up. She sat up, wiped her eyes, saw the empty crib, and saw Bai Ji's uncle standing behind Halleck, with anger written on their faces. Her look posed a question, to which Namri replied, "Yes, he slipped."

"How could you let him escape?" Halleck shouted angrily, "How is that possible?" "He was seen heading for the lower exit," Namri said, his voice strangely calm. Sabah curled up in fear in front of them, and gradually remembered what happened just now. "How did he escape?" Halleck asked. "I do not know I do not know." "It's night, and besides, he's very weak," Namri said. "He won't go far." Halleck turned to look at him, "Do you want the boy dead?" "It won't make me sad to do that."

Halleck confronts Sabah again. "Tell me what happened." "He touched my cheek. He kept talking about his visions... that we were together." She looked down at the empty bed. "He put me to sleep. He put a spell on me." Halleck glanced at Namri. "Is he hiding somewhere here?" "He'd be found if he'd been hiding in the cave. But he's headed for the exit. He's outside." "Magic." Sabah whispered. "No magic," Namri said. "He hypnotized her. I almost fell for him once, remember? I said I was his friend." "He's very weak," Halleck said. "That's just his body," Namri said, "but he can't go far. I broke the ankle pump on his still suit. Even if we don't find him, he'll die of thirst." Halleck almost turned around to punch Namri, but he held back.Jessica had warned him that Namri might kill the boy.Oh, God!What path did they take, Atreides against Atreides."Is it possible he was just sleepwalking under the influence of drugs?" he said. "What difference?" asked Namri. "If he escapes, he must die." "We started searching at dawn," Halleck said. "Did he have a Freeman survival kit?" "There's always a few behind the vapor seal on the gate," Namri said. "He'd be a fool not to take one. I never thought he was a fool." "So, send a message to our friends," said Halleck, "tell them what happened." "No message tonight," Namri said. "A sandstorm is imminent. The Horde has been tracking it for two or three days, and it will pass here at midnight today. Communication has been lost. The satellite signal here disappeared two hours ago. gone." Halleck let out a deep sigh.If the boy touched the sand, he would definitely die outside.Sandstorms would gnaw his flesh off his bones and crush his bones to pieces.A planned fake death turns into a real death.He struck the palm of the other hand with his fist.Sandstorms can trap them in burrows where they can't even search.Moreover, the static electricity of the sandstorm has cut off the communication between the cave and the outside world. "Bat," he said.A message could be recorded in the bat's voice, allowing it to fly out to deliver a warning. Namri shook his head. "Bats can't fly in a sandstorm. Don't count on them, they are more sensitive than us. They will hide under the cliff until the sandstorm passes. It's better to wait for the satellite signal to reconnect before we can try to find his remains." "If he had put on a Freeman survival kit and buried himself in the sand, he wouldn't have died," Sabah said. Halleck turned away, cursing silently and leaving the two of them.