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Chapter 03

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Thus spoke St. Alia-of-the-Knife: "The Reverend Mother must combine the
seductive wiles of a courtesan with the untouchable majesty of a virgin goddess,
holding these attributes in tension so long as the powers of her youth endure.
For when youth and beauty have gone, she will find that the place-between, once
occupied by tension, has become a wellspring of cunning and resourcefulness."

-from "Muad'Dib, Family Commentaries" by the Princess Irulan

Jessica is berated by Reverend Mother Mohiam for having a son. Jessica claims she dissobeyed her orders to bear only daughters to the Atreides out of her love for the Duke and his desire for a son and that she also thought there was a chance he could be the Kwisatz Haderach. RM Mohiam laments that the chance for peace between the two Great Houses is lost and warns that both bloodlines could be lost now due to this complication.

It is hinted at that RM Mohiam has some prescient ability and Jessica asks her about the future. Mohiam prophesizes about the human race sensing it's own stagnation and it's urge to randomly mingle it's genes.

Mohiam explains the political tripod in place in the Dune universe: the emperor balanced against the Federated Great Houses of the Landsraad, and between them, the Guild with its monopoly on interstellar transport and how fragile the balance is.

She asks Paul about his prescient dreams and senses the possibility that he may actually be the KH. She tells jessica that their only chance for survival is to ingnore the rules and give Paul the deep Bene Gesserit Training.

Jessica sees Rm Mohiam shed an uncharacteristic tear for them as she leaves.
They were destroyed because they lied pretentiously. Have no fear that my wrath
will fall upon you because of your innocent mistakes.

~Leto II, God Emperor
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