![]() The Duke had several boats tied up at the dock, and Leto chose his favorite coracle, a white motorcraft around fifteen meters in length. "Just keeping you out of trouble is, uh, effort enough," Rhombur countered. "Is your wife's leg better, Jerrik? Did you finish the roof on your smoke shed, Dom?" Rhombur watched Leto treat these people as friends while they loaded the gear. Servants packed them a lunch while three mariner assistants checked all the onboard systems in preparation for a day-long voyage. They are what they are, and I can't hate them for it." Do you think they've ever held the Orange Catholic Bible? It's not their fault. "The children can't help who they are, Paulus - they didn't ask to be born there, raised there, exposed to anything but proper teachings. Sunlight glittered like sparkflies on the rippled surface of the sea. The engines carried them away from the cliffs, beyond the shielded harbor, and out into open water. Rhombur wandered the deck and tried to help, doing whatever Leto told him to do. 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. Unsettled, Leto crept away, his question forgotten, without waiting to see how soon they extinguished the lights.Īfter all preparations were completed, he and Rhombur boarded the wickerwood coracle. She would probably appreciate it either way. ![]() With the wealth of House Atreides, he could afford to buy Rhombur's sister many greater treasures if he wished, but the gift might mean more if he procured it himself. Leto thought he wanted to give one to Kailea as a present. ![]() 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. But local coral gems were lovely, nonetheless. 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.
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