skills that the rebellion achieved as many small successes as it did against the prescient Leto II Moneo had been trained in logic and pragmatism by master*-as an Atreides, heir in name if not in flesh to Leto II himself, he had suffered no scrimping in his education- and had selected his position regarding the God Emperor with great care Leto, he reasoned,, was a monstrosity, one look at the gross pre-womi body proved that Humankind whatever its faults, deserved better than the tyrannic rule of a monster Leto, then, had to be eliminated But Moneo was no usurper The genius of his scheme was that he never once suggested that he or any other mortal could take up the Imperial Godhead Instead, he explained to all woo would listen drat ridding humanity of its despotic ruler would plunge it into anarchy and chaos From that maelstrom, he insisted, would emerge a new race once again in control of its own destiny Lichna was disturbed by her eldest son's heresy and often discussed it with the God Emperor He assured her m turn that Moneo was merely demonstrating those traits which would eventually make a competent adminis trator of him and that her only duty to the boy lay in advising him of the possible outcome of his actions (He also pointed out that he would not be considering Moneo as her replacement at all if he had not shown this sort of initiative, Leto's complete lack of interest m her two younger, more docile children convinced Lichna that the God Emperor was telling her the truth ) There is much evidence in Leto's Journals to support the idea mat Leto found the young rebel's activities a source of genuine enter tainment There are references to several of Moneo's exploits during his rebellious years of particular interest to the God Emperor, for example, was his success in subverting a group of twenty-five Fish Speakers from the Onn garrison m 13631 No other rebel-and Leto had watched hundreds of them in the course of his reign-had managed to convince so many of the v> amor/priestesses at one time to abandon their beliefs When word of the traitors m their midst got back to the Fish Speaker Command, several of the leaders were even more surprised than their ruler and far more upset Their emng sisters were not given the usual option of joining a death commando squad to atone for their sin Instead, they were executed secretly m a pnvate chamber be neath one of the Fish Speaker schools Fortunately for Moneo, no one concerned ever hinted who the driving force behind the traitors had been The young rebel attributed his escape to good fortune but the Journals indicate beyond doubt that Moneo's tracks had been covered by the monarch he was attempting to depose In 13635 Leto finally decided the time had come to rein in his wandering Atreides There were many reasons for his action but two weighed most heavily First, there was the matter of Lichna Leto's current administrator, who was no longer m her youth and would be ready to retire by the time Moneo could be prepared to replace her Second was Moneo s own most recent action he had ATREIDES, MONEO ATREIDES, MONEO managed to bribe, cajole, and blackmail his way to several key Guild personnel connected with the weather satellites responsible for keeping the Sareer in its arid condition.