Can a Dune book reader explain something about Paul Atreides that I've never fully understood?
Paul Atreides had conquered the known universe, become Emperor, and could see possible futures that ordinary humans couldn't even comprehend.
But after Chani's death, he walked into the desert as a blind man, following the same Fremen custom that applied to anyone who had lost their sight.
Why would the most powerful man in the universe willingly submit to a tradition that meant leaving his children and everything he had built behind?