children could jeopardize an entire sietch by demanding time and attention their parents could not spare, while contributing nothing to the tribal welfare Even as early as age three, men, when Falra was killed in a rockshde and Chani was taken into Stilgar's household, she was far better able to cope with the loss than many an outworld child of the same age might have been Chani attended the spint-releasing ceremony for her mother without weeping, although only dimly understanding what was taking place Within a few weeks, she had so completely become a part of the Naib's family that he and1 his wives would have found it difficult to imagine her not being with them Liet-Kynes visited his daughter whenever possible sometimes stealing a day from his work at the palmanes to journey to Sietch Tabr Her quick intellect was a source of tremendous pnde to him, and he occasionally took her out to the planting sites with him, to show her how the palmanes were expanding and would eventually change the harsh face of Arrakis Chani accepted the extra tutoring as a gift and remembered everything she was shown Hts greater gift to her, so far as her father was concerned, was that of an undivided heritage After talking the matter over with Stilgar, Liet Kynes had decided not to introduce Chani to the other aspects of his life, the world which included dn Imperial com mission and all the duties it entailed While Liet-Kynes was satisfied with the way in which his own father had arranged his life- letting him be raised among the Fremen, as one of them, but never allowing him to forget that he was destined for Imperial service-he did not choose to do the same for his daughter Fremen women often held positions of great influence particularly the Sayyadma, but it was unlikely that a woman would ever be accepted in Liet Kynes s position as a leader Furthermore, he did not think that dam's generation of Fremen would require a leader with one foot m each world They would be capable of carrying on the ecological transformation on their own Chani would be free to live entirely as a Fremen Aside from her special relationship with Liet-Kvnes, Chani lived like every other fe male child m Sietch Tabr By the age ot tive, she was helping to care for the sietch gardens, capturing sandtrout to be run through the deathsttll for their water and helping to dis patch enemy wounded after battles (Their bodies would be destined for the same fate as those of the sandtrout) Dunng the next years, she learned to weave to make coffee, to make and mend stillsuits-m short to perform all of the occupations she would be required to know as an adult When she reached puberty, Chani was taken with a small group of girls her own age to retreat with Sietch Tabr's Reverend Mother Ramallo On their last day with the Reverend Mother, the girls went on a hajra a short pilgrimage to one of the tribal hold- ATRHDES LADYCHANI 48 ATREIDES LADY CHANI ing basins Reverend Mother Ramallo.