Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)

by Frank Herbert

unable to escape a Fremen superstition that evil smells foretold disaster.

College of Engineering buildings

She had yet to assimilate the import of the actions which had precipitated her into this cell.

I get what people mean by Dune being written “pretentiously”, but also seeing a sentence like this and translating it into OOOGA BOOOGA form for myself to understand is also part of the fun.

Paul said. He took his time reading the reactions on her face and body: the flush of her exertions coloring her skin, the wet fullness of her lips.

Your sister my dude???

Paul weighed Stilgar’s meaning, reviewed what they had seen here and his own undeniable male reaction to his own sister.

Bro what…

“That is not why I’m dangerous.” Before she could move, he leaned across, gripped her chin in one hand, planted his lips on hers.

Smack cam!

Would he accept a cross with his own sister?

What the helll oh mah gaed no wayyyyyeayyyyeaaaaghhhh

The Guild Navigator wore his usual dark leotard bulging at the belt with various containers.

They found that I thought of you as the son I never had.

And this makes his thing with Alia what? MORE WEIRD.