[Being willing to kill for another person is a threshold that Paul takes seriously, even though he reaches it earlier and more often than most people might. It's a cultural difference, one Paul has noted in himself and made efforts to adjust for.

What he feels looking at Falco is another thing. Paul sits in this cosy, peaceful kitchen, watching a child cradling a toy, and knows that he would do much worse than kill for him, if called upon to do so. There's no anger in the thought, no fear. There is an answering warmth instead, a clarity of place and purpose. Paul leans forward and puts his hand on Falco's shoulder where it belongs, squeezing once and lightly.]

I hoped you would.

You know - I don't think I told you, but House Atreides' symbol is a hawk. I think that must mean we were meant to be friends. What do you think?