Dune Messiah (pgs. 60-75) Summary

Alia peers down from her "spy window" into the great reception hall where Paul receives the Guild entourage. In its midst glides Edric's tank. They stop before Paul on his Lion Throne. Alia and Paul both focus on a metal-eyed, orange-robed attendant walking "cock-sure" at the right front corner of the tank. Paul welcomes Edric, accepts his credentials, and is offered a "ghola" named Hayt, regenerated by the Tleilax, and purchased by the Guild as a gift, because all believe Hayt is Paul's late retainer. The ghola answers Paul's questions in Idaho's precise voice.

Hayt retains no memory of his former life but recognizes some stimuli. He is willing to serve Paul any way Paul wishes. Alia detects nothing false in Hayt but, like Paul, worries about what the amoral Tleilaxu may have inserted during training. Hayt...