"I suggested to Malky that there are some things that man should not invent." said Leto II.
"And that's all?" said Hwi.
"No" Leto II spoke reluctantly. "My words angered him, he said, 'You think that in a world without birds men would not invent aircraft? What a fool you are! Men can invent anything.' "
"And that's all?" said Hwi.
"No" Leto II spoke reluctantly. "My words angered him, he said, 'You think that in a world without birds men would not invent aircraft? What a fool you are! Men can invent anything.' "
— Leto II recounts his fondness for the foul-mouthed Ixian ambassador, Malky, and the lesson Malky taught him.
"What is different?" said Leto II with a penetrating quality that cut through Moneo.
"I mean you're attitude toward her lord. It is different from anything I've ever seen in you." said Moneo on the topic of Hwi.
Moneo noted then the first signs. Twitching in the God-Emperror's hands. The beginning glaze in the eyes.
"Gods below. The worm is coming." Moneo said.
"I mean you're attitude toward her lord. It is different from anything I've ever seen in you." said Moneo on the topic of Hwi.
Moneo noted then the first signs. Twitching in the God-Emperror's hands. The beginning glaze in the eyes.
"Gods below. The worm is coming." Moneo said.
— The closest Moneo, Leto II's majordomo, has ever come to death at the worm that is god's hands (body really).
