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Watertube  
  Carries water to and from the catchpockets in a Fremen stillsuit.  

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He found his stillsuit's watertube in its clip at his neck, drew a warm swallow into his mouth, and he thought that here he truly began an Arrakeen existence - living on reclaimed moisture from his own breath and body. It was flat and tasteless water, but it soothed his throat.
Technovelgy from Dune, by Frank Herbert.
Published by Putnam in 1965
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