[Monday night]

[mind_over_metal]

[It's a dark October night in camp. All is quiet in the Cabin McAvoy.





Until a child starts screaming.]

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[goddamnemperor]

Yes, I imagine you do.

[mind_over_metal]

So you live in here, too?

[goddamnemperor]

This is our cabin. We share it.

[mind_over_metal]

You don't sleep on the floor, do you?

[goddamnemperor]

Oh, no. My mattress lays on the floor. I am used to it.

[mind_over_metal]

*totally staring to try and figure out what makes Leto unable to use furniture*

[goddamnemperor]

[he takes charles' hand and guides it to his face, touching the wormskin.]

Here, young wali.

[mind_over_metal]

*freezes at the touch, just letting Leto move him, his discomfort at the physical contact contrasting with the openness of his questioning*

What is it?

[goddamnemperor]

Worm-skin.

[mind_over_metal]

Worms don't have skin like that.

[goddamnemperor]

Not on your world, young wali. Our worms are higher than any building you have ever seen.

[mind_over_metal]

*totally believes him and can't quite conceal his excitement*

That's impossible.

[goddamnemperor]

[projects the image of a sandworm]

Oh, it is quite possible.

[mind_over_metal]

That's amazing.

[goddamnemperor]

They are rather... extraordinary.

[mind_over_metal]

And you've got part of them?

*moving his hand to actually touch the worm-skin himself this time, rather than just have his hand held to it*

[goddamnemperor]

In a way. We share a life together.

[mind_over_metal]

How do you do that?

[goddamnemperor]

That... is a long story.

[mind_over_metal]

We've got all night.

[goddamnemperor]

That may not be enough.

[mind_over_metal]

So you can tell me part of it tonight. And then I'll come back tomorrow. Like Scheherazade and the Arabian Nights.

[goddamnemperor]

Very well! I do enjoy story-telling.

[mind_over_metal]

*pulls his legs up in front of him and rests his chin on his knees, grinning back at him*

[goddamnemperor]

[starts off, soft, hauntingly]

Far in the future, there was a planet named Dune. Filled with sand and dust and chaotic storms. Yet, this planet, so harsh and unforgiving, was the centre of the universe. For from it, came the spice. The spice helped people to see into the future... and created space travel.