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All these social events in the sensoriums...I see nothing more than a desperate kind of bluster. We're all puffing ourselves up against the Nightmare King: "See? We're unconcerned. We're laughing and celebrating." That, combined with a supposedly positive effect on morale seems more than enough justification for them. But while I rarely pass up a chance to abandon myself to the Bacchanalian flux of a wild celebration, I think we should find out why we feel the need now.

Beware. Bluster does not work on him, for the other side of that behavior is fear. You will look inward or you will be his prey.



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Sisters, a rather strange request. Duncan Idaho the Younger (this is really unwieldy, we must find shorter names for them) was given by the Tleilaxu engineers that brought him back as a Ghola, without his knowledge, programming as a superior kind of sexual imprinter. It is vital that we prevent him from engaging in any kind of tryst, for the safety of him and his partner. We cannot reveal this to him either, as this knowledge would probably set off another state of shock in him of the kind I observed in him immediately after the last pod-release. While we unravel this problem, please watch over him.

With the Nightmare King's approach, we need hard data. What minds is he going to turn to for fuel and leverage? Who will be in most danger when it finally attacks?

Luckily we have a potent tool in Petit Perception. We need to know who is carrying around hidden issues and then we need to deliver that data to a trustworthy person, or keep it to ourselves if such a person doesn't exist.

Acolytes, if you'll recall yesterday's lesson, we're looking for behavior of type five, seven and eight. Any individual displaying those tics, we must note and compare our data. We are not immune ourselves either: We must cross-examine each other.

Sister Masaari, I request your help in this too.