outline of her face. (Certain gene traces in her facial structure were noted in

the new way by his onflowing mind, the clues added to other data, and a final-

outline of her face. (Certain gene traces in her facial structure were noted in

"You!" he said.

part of him recorded this as an interesting emotional datum and fed it into

She heard the iron in his voice, obeyed. "Do you want to tell me what's

"You didn't want a son!" he said. "You wanted a Kwisatz Haderach! You wanted

"I gave birth to you."

"Different?"

"Let go of me," he said.

"You didn't want a son!" he said. "You wanted a Kwisatz Haderach! You wanted

In a burst of clarity, she sensed some of the roots in the question, said:

computation.)

"No," he said. Then: "No. No! NO!"

His mother was beside him, holding his hands, her face a gray blob peering

She heard the iron in his voice, obeyed. "Do you want to tell me what's

It was, from instinct as much as her own subtle knowledge, the precisely

wrong, Paul?"

"You didn't want a son!" he said. "You wanted a Kwisatz Haderach! You wanted

"Did you know what you were doing when you trained me?" he asked.

"What have you done to me?" he demanded.

"I'm here, Paul," she said. "It's all right."

"Let go of me," he said.

"You didn't want a son!" he said. "You wanted a Kwisatz Haderach! You wanted

the new way by his onflowing mind, the clues added to other data, and a final-

part of him recorded this as an interesting emotional datum and fed it into

There's no more childhood in his voice, she thought. And she said: "I hoped

It was, from instinct as much as her own subtle knowledge, the precisely

"Let go of me," he said.