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A beginning
is a very delicate time.
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Know then, that it is
the year 10.191.
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The known universe is ruled by the
Padishah Emperor Shaddam the Fourth,
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my father.
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In this time, the most
precious substance in the universe...
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is the spice, melange.
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The spice extends life.
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The spice
expands consciousness.
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The spice is vital
to space travel.
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The Spacing Guild
and its navigators,
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who the spice has mutated
over 4,000 years,
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use the orange spice gas,
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which gives them
the ability to fold space.
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That is, travel to any part
of the universe...
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without moving.
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Oh, yes.
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I forgot to tell you.
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The spice exists on only one planet
in the entire universe.
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A desolate, dry planet
with vast deserts.
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Hidden away within the rocks
of these deserts are a people
known as the Fremen,