The loading of the ghola weapon is fascinating. The way Bijaz, the Tleilaxu dwarf, talks with
Hayt is quick, witty, and reveals more of the plot.
“Do you preach that false ritual about
Muad’dib to your guards?” Hayt asked, his voice low. He felt his mind being tangled by the dwarf’s
words.
“They preach to me!” Bijaz said. “And they pray. Why should they not? All of us should pray. Do we not live in the shadow of the most
dangerous creation the universe has ever seen?”
“Dangerous creation …”
“Their own mother refuses to live on the
same planet with them!”
“Why don’t you answer me straight out?”
Hayt demanded. “You know we have other
ways of questioning you. We’ll get our
answers … one way or another.”
“But I have answered you! Have I not said the myth is real? Am I the wind that carries death in its
belly? No! I am words! Such words as the lightning which strikes from the sand
in a dark sky. I have said: ‘Blow out
the lamp! Day is here!’ And you keep saying: ‘Give me a lamp so I can find the
day.’”
(Dune
Messiah, p. 228)
Shortly after this exchange, Hayt realizes that the dwarf is
manipulating him, trying to trigger him to be the weapon to kill the
Emperor. Bijaz explains how they were
grown in the same axlotl tank, how they are like brothers. Hayt tries to exercise his free will, that he
will not be forced to kill Muad’dib.
“You believed the silly Emperor was the
prize we sought,” Bijaz said. “How
little you understand our masters, the Tleilaxu. The Guild and Bene Gesserit believe we
produce artifacts. In reality, we
produce tools and services. Anything can
be a tool – poverty, war. War is useful
because it is effective in so many areas.
It stimulates the metabolism. It
enforces government. It diffuses genetic
strains. It possesses a vitality such as
nothing else in the universe. Only those
who recognize the value of war and exercise it have any degree of
self-determination.”
(Dune
Messiah, p. 230)
And must include this … Bijaz defining who the ghola really is:
“Duncan Idaho. Killer extraordinary. Lover of many women. Swordsman soldier. Atreides field-hand on the field of
battle. Duncan Idaho.”
(Dune
Messiah, p. 231)
