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Date Posted: 03:41:43 04/19/03 Sat
Author: The Cannabist
Subject: I found the passage in DUNE (original) that alludes to Mother Mohiam....

as the mother of Jessica.

on page 462 of the Ace Books paperback

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"You don't understand. Majesty," the old woman said. "Not telepathy. She's in my mind. She's like the ones before me, the ones who gave me their memories. She stands in my mind! She cannot be there, but she is!"

"What others?" the Emperor demanded. "What's this nonsense?"

The old woman straightened, lowered her pointing hand. "I've said too much, but the fact remains that this child who is not a child must be destroyed. Long were we warned against such a one and how to prevent such a birth, but one of our own has betrayed us."

"You babble, old woman," Alia said. "You don't know how it was, yet you rattle on like a purblind fool." Alia closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and held it.

The old Reverend Mother groaned and staggered.

Alia opened her eyes. "That is how it was," she said. "A cosmic accident . . . and you played your part in it."
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that last part... "and you played your part in it"
Mohiam begat Jessica begat Alia.

Y'all agree??

Jay

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Replies:

I think you are reaching -- IDAHO, 04:58:03 04/19/03 Sat
- I agree -- Green Phoenix, 08:09:05 04/19/03 Sat
- If you read the entire passage... -- The Cannabist, 11:48:36 04/19/03 Sat
  - Yeah I understand its about how Alia came to be -- IDAHO, 13:48:21 04/19/03 Sat
    - good question... wonder if we'll ever get an answer (NT) -- The Cannabist, 13:55:58 04/19/03 Sat
  - but... -- Bloodsucker, 22:08:07 04/21/03 Mon
    - Other Memory vs Ancestral Memory -- DriftMaker, 00:22:16 04/22/03 Tue
      - comments yes -- The Cannabist, 10:10:50 04/22/03 Tue
hey Jay, I found it! Thanks (NT) -- RavensZim, 13:20:23 04/19/03 Sat
mohiam* house spoilers* -- chairdog, 20:56:58 04/21/03 Mon
- this we know... -- The Cannabist, 21:23:47 04/21/03 Mon
  - doh -- chairdog, 21:38:27 04/21/03 Mon
    - Mohiam, Mommy? -- RavensZim, 05:06:12 04/22/03 Tue
      - family ties -- chairdog, 11:02:17 04/22/03 Tue
        other great houses -- Sparqy56, 19:18:38 04/25/03 Fri