Chapter 17
Posted: 12 Feb 2008 21:33
Production growth and income growth must not get out of step in my Empire. That
is the substance of my command. There are to be no balance-of-payment
difficulties between the different spheres of influence. And the reason for this
is simply because I command it. I want to emphasize my authority in this area. I
am the supreme energy-eater of this domain, and will remain so, alive or dead.
My Government is the economy.
-Order in Council The Emperor Paul Muad'dib
Paul's old Fremen guide leaves him on the street to Otheym's house, it's a dead end street in one of the new suburbs, the air thick with the smell of a reclaimation still which points to a lack of water discipline. Paul hesitates before continuing in order to keep pace with his vision. At Otheym's house he knocks and a dwarf answers the door, this troubles Paul because there is no dwarf in his visions but they often have such differences and still hold true but it gives him hope. He wonders if it was wrong to chose the lesser of two evils. He meets with Otheym, who has contracted some dissease on the Jihad. Paul offers to help him but he had allready spent all his money on the finest doctors. Otheym tells Paul of the conspiracy and that the dwarf is a human distrans containing the names of all the traitors. Paul deduces that the dwarf is prescient , this is why he isn't in the visions. Paul takes the dwarf and leaves.
is the substance of my command. There are to be no balance-of-payment
difficulties between the different spheres of influence. And the reason for this
is simply because I command it. I want to emphasize my authority in this area. I
am the supreme energy-eater of this domain, and will remain so, alive or dead.
My Government is the economy.
-Order in Council The Emperor Paul Muad'dib
Paul's old Fremen guide leaves him on the street to Otheym's house, it's a dead end street in one of the new suburbs, the air thick with the smell of a reclaimation still which points to a lack of water discipline. Paul hesitates before continuing in order to keep pace with his vision. At Otheym's house he knocks and a dwarf answers the door, this troubles Paul because there is no dwarf in his visions but they often have such differences and still hold true but it gives him hope. He wonders if it was wrong to chose the lesser of two evils. He meets with Otheym, who has contracted some dissease on the Jihad. Paul offers to help him but he had allready spent all his money on the finest doctors. Otheym tells Paul of the conspiracy and that the dwarf is a human distrans containing the names of all the traitors. Paul deduces that the dwarf is prescient , this is why he isn't in the visions. Paul takes the dwarf and leaves.