Frank Herbert

Dune

Piss_Peas

He looked down at his mother. She appeared peacefully asleep in a sitting position - her breathing even and deep.

A phrase out of the future that was his lonely past came into his mind: "She sleeps in the Waters of Life"

"I know you Chani, he whispered," "We've sat upon a ledge above the sand while I soothed your fears. We've caressed in the dark of the sietch. We've...." He found himself losing focus, tried to shake his head, stumbled.

She put a palm against his cheek, "I'm no longer afraid, Usul. Look at me. I see what you see when you hold me thus."

"I see us giving love to each other in a time of quiet between storms. It's what we were meant to do."

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