![]() ![]() "My husband told me of your title, Shadout," Jessica said. "I know the Bhotani Jib and the Chakobsa, all the hunting languages." "Tongues are the Bene Gesserit's first learning," Jessica said. It could only be one thing, Jessica knew, the fabled crysknife of Arrakis, the blade that had never been taken off the planet, and was known only by rumor and wild gossip. I know you came prepared for violence with a weapon in your bodice." "You speak of the legend and seek answers," Jessica said. In a low voice, Mapes said: "I meant no offense, my Lady." It was repeated: "Soo-soo-Sook" Then: "Ikhut-eigh" And again: "Soo-soo-Sook" Now we see which way the decision tips, she thought.Ī weird cry sounded from the road outside the house. Mapes took a backward step, appeared poised to flee. ![]() It was double-edged like a kindjal and the blade was perhaps twenty centimeters long. The blade seemed to shine and glitter with a light of its own. She took sheath in one hand and handle in the other, withdrew a milk-white blade, held it up. A black handle with deep finger ridges protruded from it. Slowly, Mapes reached into the neck of her dress, brought out a dark sheath. Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer. She's called the Shadow in the Chakobsa tongue. My answer could precipitate violence orwhat? She seeks an answer from me: the meaning of a knife. Here's the reason this Fremen has taken service with me, to ask that one question. There are worse things than dying, you know - even for an entire people."Īnd Jessica thought: There was an edge to that question. "There's a remote possibility you could draw my life's blood," Jessica said, "but in so doing you'd bring down more ruin than your wildest fears could imagine. ![]()
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