In this episode, we take a look at chapters one through three of Children of Dune, in which Stilgar contemplates murder, the nine-year-old Atreides heirs muse about the risks of Abomination, everyone prepares for the return of the long-absent Lady Jessica to Arrakis, and Alia displays some alarming tendencies - alongside some pretty complex emotions about her impending reunion with the Bene Gesserit mother who left her here so many years ago.

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