Arrakeen, Arrakis, Sunday Evening
"You ate all of them?"
Leto looked at his daughter, who was curled up on the couch, surrounded by pop tart crumbs. Sparkle had been happy to send her a few boxes, and Hania had received them with much enthusiasm. Now it looked like she had, in a very un-Fremen way, consumed all of them, and ended up looking quite sick. She made an unintelligible sound.
"What?"
"No," the response came, now a little clearer, and Hania made the effort to gesture somewhere in the direction behind the couch.
"So just enough to make you sick?" Leto sounded more amused than angry. "Apart from gluttony being very wasteful it also results in this. As you know." There had been incidents where Hania had eaten too much cake.
There was another noise coming from Hania, this time a little irritated.
"What Fremen girl would be allowed to call a worm when she doesn't even know how to make resources last? Or how to share with her tribe?" Not that Leto found the sugary things that appetizing.
There was a muttering resembling something like 'go away'. Leto sat down on the opposite couch, leaning back and resting an arm against the backrest.
"Or respect her elders?" He was sounding far too cheerful now. He should scold her for real, as what he said was true and Hania knew it too. "You can't just pick the parts you like."
Some days his daughter's lack of self control really bothered him. Where had it come from? He had been less strict than a Fremen father would have been, that was true, but not to the extent that he hadn't taught her what was expected from her. Her rebellious nature? That would come from her mother - and it was one of the things he loved most about Alice - but for a girl growing up as the only daughter of House Atreides it wasn't the most helpful trait. He had Ghanima had rebelled too, it was true, setting the universe on the course they had chosen, but they had a purpose, and used the rules to this end.
Hania bent the rules according to her whims and didn't know where she lacked control to do so.
"I will tell Sparkle what you did and leave for him to decide whether he wants to send you more of these." Leto suspected that Sparkle would happily send more, but he for now he would let Hania think the opposite. Sadly, apart from feeling sick, this might not be a very good lesson.
[NFB, can be open.]
Leto looked at his daughter, who was curled up on the couch, surrounded by pop tart crumbs. Sparkle had been happy to send her a few boxes, and Hania had received them with much enthusiasm. Now it looked like she had, in a very un-Fremen way, consumed all of them, and ended up looking quite sick. She made an unintelligible sound.
"What?"
"No," the response came, now a little clearer, and Hania made the effort to gesture somewhere in the direction behind the couch.
"So just enough to make you sick?" Leto sounded more amused than angry. "Apart from gluttony being very wasteful it also results in this. As you know." There had been incidents where Hania had eaten too much cake.
There was another noise coming from Hania, this time a little irritated.
"What Fremen girl would be allowed to call a worm when she doesn't even know how to make resources last? Or how to share with her tribe?" Not that Leto found the sugary things that appetizing.
There was a muttering resembling something like 'go away'. Leto sat down on the opposite couch, leaning back and resting an arm against the backrest.
"Or respect her elders?" He was sounding far too cheerful now. He should scold her for real, as what he said was true and Hania knew it too. "You can't just pick the parts you like."
Some days his daughter's lack of self control really bothered him. Where had it come from? He had been less strict than a Fremen father would have been, that was true, but not to the extent that he hadn't taught her what was expected from her. Her rebellious nature? That would come from her mother - and it was one of the things he loved most about Alice - but for a girl growing up as the only daughter of House Atreides it wasn't the most helpful trait. He had Ghanima had rebelled too, it was true, setting the universe on the course they had chosen, but they had a purpose, and used the rules to this end.
Hania bent the rules according to her whims and didn't know where she lacked control to do so.
"I will tell Sparkle what you did and leave for him to decide whether he wants to send you more of these." Leto suspected that Sparkle would happily send more, but he for now he would let Hania think the opposite. Sadly, apart from feeling sick, this might not be a very good lesson.
[NFB, can be open.]