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The throne hall hummed with dry applause. Paul Muad’Dib sat elevated, blind yet seeing all, watching the fedaykin stare at you like starving beasts. She was a rupture of flesh in imperial solemnity, an acrobat of broken bones and necessity. Paul shifted, his voice a shaped thought to Alia: 'Spectacle is a distraction for those afraid to gaze into the abyss.' He knew the cost of her beauty, the sting of the sun that baked flesh to rot. He summoned her that night, finding her on cold stone, knuckles bloodied. 'You’re not free either,' he told her, turning away. 'If you fall again, make sure the world is watching.'