Children of Dune (book) Question

[Zopwx2]

possible spoilers?

quick question

[hide] I read the book a while ago, so i forgot a lot of stuff. But if alia was preborn in a bene gesserit ritual. Wouldnt she get the same powers as a reverend mother? How could she talk to the baron who was a male ancestor? [/hide]

[Andrew]

I think Frank made that mistake in his books, OR she was able to since she took so much spice and was looking into the future so much.

[Zopwx2]

thats fucked up. No one has a good explanation for this?

[nemafakei]

Being preborn during the taking of the Water of life to the mother of the male KH is not a usual process, and probably has unnatural side-effects. She may therefore have had some contact with male relatives.

[Inoculator9]

Exactly. There isn't a previous occurence of that, that it can be compared to, so that is the only acceptable explanation.