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leto's audience w the reverend mothers. old anteac, young luyseyal. them offering leto "community." interesting, bc the foundation for what leto is, what paul became, is the ultimate manifestation of BG planning. what they envisioned as the kwisatz haderach, formed premature then reincarnated as abomination... and leto can see the temptation of seeking community! he misses his humanity, and not knowing the future!

nunepi, non-face dancer, tleilaxu ambassador, sentenced to 50 lashes, cut short at 20. punishment for the assassination attempt, but under the false guise of blasphemy. seemingly, there'll be recompense for the flogging, and leto expects it. maybe. all very interesting!!

not leto smitten for hwi! age gap crazy. and the super ancestral phantom limb sensation!! i think this chapter is leading to interesting places. namely, that whatever Ix is building to fit space travel, it uses some technology that messes with space-time, because leto can't see Hwi's origin. or maybe he wasnt using his full-prescience?? so he can be surprised?

so this city of Onn is built pretty much built just to dickride Leto... i fw it. duncan on edge. feels like moneo is getting scared of his God Emperor, and starting to question him... just like A LITTLE tho, lets not get crazy. p much its gets touchy concerning siona... "Siaynoq"

the dwarf fremen were taken over by FACE DANCERS!!! what a failed attempt. just 50 of yall w lasguns? and imitating duncan? idk man i thought they were gonna do sumn cool, like the stone burner again. near the end, why did leto compare siona to his inner worm side? he remembers "how to love?" is siona descendant of ghanima maybe??? hmmm...

big Leto journal dump. wordless truth. ambiguity in words. "Beware of *the* truth." Melange rejection?? poor sister Chenoeh.

the concept of the museum fremen are confusing me. their name implies to me that they exist almost as toys for leto, to teach His history. but here they are, dwarf stature, ready to present a petition. moneo was right; leto does deal w the worm side, an unconscious animal instinct within him. seemingly comes out when worm irritants arise? new meaning of Worm Sign...

WOW WOW WOW!!! first off, Jessica-type?! secret mentats in the sisterhood?? TLEILAXU/IX ARE GONNA ASSASSINATE LETO??? GHOLA IDAHO FACE DANCER?!? SIONA IS PAUL-LIKE?!? i like how the messenger was so nervous about delivering her message too, made the page turn shocking! FACE DANCERS AMONG US

so leto and the troupe are on the path to the festival cityy, leto pauses to reminisce over the old desert w duncan. how it's highlighted that he keeps going back to these memories and thinking/daydreaming longer... hmmm... sonia sees him as prey... this duncan being a little different... im LIKING IT

i give up bro this duncan is fucked. like every chapter its: "exactly what a duncan would do" LIKE WTF. damn man! BUT there should be some interesting revelations about this duncan eventually, or atleast we indulge in their routine conversations. like last chapter we learned more abt the fish speakers: all women army inspired by ancient communal dreams. moneo is a distant descendants of duncan. all men army theory...