Posted by Jessica Sherman [81.118.4.4 - Sunfilter1] on 29 September 2004 at 00.03.56 ZuluTime:

In Reply to: Heh posted by Gremlin on 02 January 2003 at 11.22.58 ZuluTime:

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     cialis My father, the Padishah Emperor, was 72 yet looked no more than 35 the year
     he encompassed the death of Duke Leto and gave Arrakis back to the Harkonnens.
     He seldom appeared in public wearing other than a Sardaukar uniform and
     a Burseg's black helmet with the imperial lion in gold upon its crest.
     The uniform was an open reminder of where his power lay. He was not always
     that blatant, though. When he wanted, he could radiate charm and sincerity,
     but I often wonder in these later days if anything about him was as it seemed.
     I think now he was a man fighting constantly to escape the bars of an invisible
     cage. You must remember that he was an emperor, father-head of a dynasty that
     reached back into the dimmest history. But we denied him a legal son.
     Was this not the most terrible defeat a ruler ever suffered? My mother obeyed
     her Sister Superiors where the Lady Jessica disobeyed. Which of them was the
     stronger? History already has answered.

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