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"There are no answers. There are only tools, problems and time. Everything boils down to art and power."

Leto II

Notes to House Corrino

Written In the third year of sandtrout transformation

Leto watched Nayla leave the keep then turned his thoughts inward. Moneo's daughter, Siona, has been safely converted to his cause. Siona Atreides was one of them now. She had accepted her place in his creation of the Golden Path. But just to keep an eye on her, he assigned the Fish Speaker, Nayla, to watch over her and obey her in all things.

In the new Atreides calendar it was the season of the hawk. The air would cool in the evening and the heat that had been build up during the day would dissipate in a series of impressive thunderstorms. Ice crystals would form in the upper atmosphere causing the cloud density to rise. There would be rain on the surface of Dune.

Leto could hear Moneo's footsteps echoing in the hallway. Leto could tell by his gait Moneo was agitated. No doubt he was bringing news of the Slayer's war against the Old Ones. The Slayers had only been gone a few days but Leto was sure they had made first contact with the Old Ones. This was their first experience outside of the training camps. His slayers were aggressive and spoiling for a fight. No doubt there would be mistakes. Thousands of years of experience and memory had taught him that the lost of virginity was often a painful and bloody thing.

"My lord."Moneo said as he stopped a few feet of the God Emperor. Leto nodded to him.

"They have engaged the Old Ones" Moneo said, his voice flat. "There was a lost of ten ships during the initial contact and the subsequent lost of additional Slayers during a reconnaissance mission. Division Commander Raisa is considering her options.

"Considering her options" Leto though with an inner laughter. "That's an understatement. She is a Slayer that has tasted blood and she is considering her options? Leto was sure that Surayya Raisa had already made up her mind at the subconscious level. "Moneo, like most Humans, never understood what a Slayer was. A Slayer was not just a killer. A Slayer was something else. A Slayer is the servant of forces beyond even the Old Ones." Leto thought.

"Are you going to help them?" a voice from his ancient memories asked.

"Ripper." Leto replied to himself. "I haven't heard from you in a while. How are things in the revived watchers council?"

Leto had just enough genetic material from the descendants of prior watchers to recreate the council in his mind. Rupert Giles was elevated to the position of spokesman for the watchers council since his slayer had been one of the most successful slayers of all time. Giles was shocked and amazed at the basic changes in the Human race over the millennia but he adapted quite well. The idea of a slayer that had on-demand access to the lives all of all the previous slayers and advanced heuristic processing of prophetic dreams was a huge advancement of the basic slayer design. But Giles knew the risks of being a slayer. He knew that all it took was one mistake on a slayers part and evil would slip in and have itself a real good day.

"I ask you again." Giles said, "Are you going to do anything to help them?

To Leto, Giles sounded more like an overprotective father rather than a Watcher. Leto glanced at the blasted masonry placed there by the Slayers at the entrance to the keep.

"What would you have me do Rupert?" Leto thought to himself. "I've given them access to most of the weapons in the Atreides arsenal and I've given them the ability to call upon their communal wisdom."

"But they can still fail!", Giles pleaded. Giles remembered the first time he saw Buffy's sixteen year old face. "My God! She's just a baby." He had thought.

"Ah Ripper, there is no cure for youth." Leto replied. "Look on the bright side Giles." Leto continued, "They are fast learners."