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[โ€“] AGD4 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now that looks familar... ๐Ÿค”

Fitting that the Bene Gesserit "Witches" should adopt such an implement to test their own subjects, lol.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Probably an intentional reference by Herbert

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

So it's basically one of those retractable knife toys used to "fake-stab" people but instead of being in good fun, it was used as pretext to get you convicted of being a witch and put to death. Sheesh, that's pretty depressing