roach to the situation differed from Moneo's Rather than warn Siona away from the course she was following or mterfer mg in any way with her actions, Leto simply stepped up his observations Since he could not accurately predict her actions with prescience, he depended rather more heavily than usual on his Ixian "eyes"-electronic sensors-and on his informers In 13720, he took the added precaution of introducing an agent of his own into Siona's group a fanatical Fish Speaker named Nayla Siona, not knowing that this new convert was actually a spy, accepted her gladly She had reached the point of considering some form of violence an eventual necessity, and Nayla seemed a strong and dependable person to have on the rebel side In 13723 weaned by inaction Siona led a raid on Leto s Citadel in the Sareer This raid, which brought about the deaths ot ev ery member of the party but its leader at the hands of Letn's 0 wolves also resulted in the theft of the Stolen Journals Siona al though shaken by the loss of so many of her trusted companions, exulted at having es caped not only with a pair of books which appeared to be important to Leto (and which she promptly sent off to the Guild the Bene Gessent, and the Ixians for attempted trans lation) but with thp complete plans for the Citadel as well At last she believed !>he was ready to take action against the Worm Leto also believed her ready though for quite a different reason After permitting her enough time to receive and read the translat ed versions of his Journals he gave word to Moneo that she was to be brought to him for the testing he gave all his future administrators Moneo, fearful for her survival did not presume to argue with this particular command he knew, from his own experience, that Leto could not be dissuaded It was a summoas Siona had expected The Oral History told much of Leto s behav ior toward his Atreides descendants and Moneo had confirmed many of the stones She recognized too that the extended "vacation' she had received on graduating from the Onn school-the time m which she had organized her rebellion-was a part of the pattern Leto always permitted his breed mg stock to run free before he brought them back into the fold Moneo had told her very little about his own testing, saying that the experience was different for every individual and thai he did not wish to confuse her with his own perceptions He simplj delivered her to the Little Citadel Leto s retreat in the central Sareer as his master had commanded They were met by Leto Moneo departed the fol lowing morning after having prepared Siona with a stillsuit Leto had informed him of his intention to take Siona out into the Sareer, and Moneo did his best to ensure her safety before he returned to Onn Moneo's preparations had been insufficient, ATREIDES SIONA 102 ATREIDES SIONA as Leto had expected they would be Siona was generations removed from life in the Arrakeen desert stillswt discipline had not