The sequential nature of actual events is not illuminated
with lengthy precision by the powers of prescience except
under the most extraordinary circumstances. The oracle
grasps incidents cut out of the historic chain. Eternity
moves. It inflicts itself upon the oracle and the supplicant
alike. Let Muad'dib's subjects doubt his majesty and his
oracular visions. Let them deny his powers. Let them never
doubt Eternity.
-The Dune Gospels
Hayt watched Alia emerge from her temple and cross the
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