"Then are there no rules at all, Lord? Moneo's voice conveyed a faint hint of hysteria.Leto smiled to ease the man's tensions. "Perhaps one. Short"term decisions tend to fail in the long"term."

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"Then are there no rules at all, Lord? Moneo's voice conveyed a faint hint of hysteria.Leto smiled to ease the man's tensions. "Perhaps one. Short"term decisions tend to fail in the long"term."

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