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　〃My　father　was　seldom　mistaken　about　such　things；〃　she　said。　〃You　will　have　to　look　into　that。〃
　Idaho　experienced　a　sudden　memory　of　the　silvery　shapes　of　sandtrout　darting　away　from　Leto's　body　in　the　river。
　〃I　heard　the　Worm；〃　Siona　said。　〃The　Fish　Speakers　will　follow　you；　not　me。〃
　Again；　Idaho　sensed　the　temptation　from　the　ritual　of　Siaynoq。　〃We　will　see；〃　he　said。　He　turned　and　looked　at　Siona。　〃What　did　he　mean　when　he　said　the　lxians　cannot　create　arafel？〃
　〃You　haven't　read　all　the　journals；〃　she　said。　〃I'll　show　you　when　we　return　to　Tuono。〃
　〃But　what　does　it　mean…arafel？〃
　〃That's　the　cloud…darkness　of　holy　judgment。　It's　from　an　old　story。　You'll　find　it　all　in　my　journals。〃
　
　Excerpt　from　the　Hadi　Benotto　secret　summation　on　the　discoveries　at　Dar…es…Balat：
　Herewith　THE　minority　report。　We　will；　of　course；　ply　with　the　majority　decision　to　apply　a　careful　screening；　editing　and　censorship　to　the　journals　from　Dar…es…Balat；　but　our　arguments　must　be　heard。　We　recognize　the　interest　of　Holy　Church　in　these　matters　and　the　political　dangers　have　not　escaped　our　notice。　We　share　a　desire　with　the　Church　that　Rakis　and　the　Holy　Reservation　of　the　Divided　God　not　bee　〃an　attraction　for　gawking　tourists。〃
　However；　now　that　all　of　the　journals　are　in　our　hands；　authenticated　and　translated；　the　clear　shape　of　the　Atreides　Design　emerges。　As　a　woman　trained　by　the　Bene　Gesserit　to　understand　the　ways　of　our　ancestors；　I　have　a　natural　desire　to　share　the　pattern　we　have　exposed　which　is　so　much　more　than　Dune　to　Arrakis　to　Dune；　thence　to　Rakis。
　The　interests　of　history　and　science　must　be　served。　The　journals　throw　a　valuable　new　light　onto　that　accumulation　of　personal　recollections　and　biographies　from　the　Duncan　Days；　the　Guard　Bible。　We　cannot　be　unmindful　of　those　familiar　oaths：　〃By　the　Thousand　Sons　of　Idaho！〃　and　〃By　the　Nine　Daughters　of　Siona！〃　The　persistent　Cult　of　Sister　Chenoeh　assumes　new　significance　because　of　the　journals'　disclosures。　Certainly；　the　Church's　characterization　of　Judas/Nayla　deserves　careful　reevaluation。
　We　of　the　Minority　must　remind　the　political　censors　that　the　poor　sandworms　in　their　Rakian　Reservation　cannot　provide　us　with　an　alternative　to　Ixian　Navigation　Machines；　nor　are　the　tiny　amounts　of　Church…controlled　melange　any　real　mercial　threat　to　the　products　of　the　Tleilaxu　vats。　No！　We　argue　that　the　myths；　the　Oral　History；　the　Guard　Bible；　and　even　the　Holy　Books　of　the　Divided　God　must　be　pared　with　the　journals　from　Dar…es…Balat。　Every　historical　reference　
　to　the　Scattering　and　the　Famine　Times　has　to　be　taken　out　and　reexamined！　What　have　we　to　fear？　No　Ixian　machine　can　do　what　we；　the　descendants　of　Duncan　Idaho　and　Siona；　have　done。　How　many　universes　have　we　populated？　None　can　guess。　No　one　person　will　ever　know。　Does　the　Church　fear　the　occasional　prophet？　We　know　that　the　visionaries　cannot　see　us　nor　predict　our　decisions。　No　death　can　find　all　of　humankind。　Must　we　of　the　Minority　join　our　fellows　of　the　Scattering　before　we　can　be　heard？　Must　we　leave　the　original　core　of　humankind　ignorant　and　uninformed？　If　the　Majority　drives　us　out；　you　know　we　never　again　can　be　found！
　We　do　not　want　to　leave。　We　are　held　here　by　those　pearls　in　the　sand。　We　are　fascinated　by　the　Church's　use　of　the　pearl　as　〃the　sun　of　understanding。〃　Surely；　no　reasoning　human　can　escape　the　journals'　revelations　in　this　regard。　The　admittedly　fugitive　but　vital　uses　of　archeology　must　have　their　day！　Just　as　the　primitive　machine　with　which　Leto　I　concealed　his　journals　can　only　teach　us　about　the　evolution　of　our　machines；　just　so；　that　ancient　awareness　must　be　allowed　to　speak　to　us。　It　would　be　a　crime　against　both　historical　accuracy　and　science　for　us　to　abandon　our　attempts　at　munication　with　those　〃pearls　of　awareness〃　which　the　journals　have　located。　Is　Leto　II　lost　in　his　endless　dream　or　could　he　be　reawakened　to　our　times；　brought　to　full　consciousness　as　a　storehouse　of　historical　accuracy？　How　can　Holy　Church　fear　this　truth？
　For　the　Minority；　we　have　no　doubt　that　historians　must　listen　to　that　voice　from　our　beginnings。　If　it　is　only　the　journals；　we　must　listen。　We　must　listen　across　at　least　as　many　years　into　our　future　as　those　journals　lay　hidden　in　our　past。　We　will　not　try　to　predict　the　discoveries　yet　to　be　made　within　those　pages。　We　say　only　that　they　must　be　made。　How　can　we　turn　our　backs　on　our　most　important　inheritance？　As　the　poet；　Lon　Bramlis；　has　said：　〃We　are　the　fountain　of　surprises！〃
　
　　　
　　　
　　　
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